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vegetable ground, may be reduced in width, if 

 desired, in which case it would be well to erect 

 an arch at the break, so that the fact becomes 

 less apparent. 



I have in mind a very charming suburban 

 garden treated in the way just described, 

 wherein the presence of vegetables and a 

 goodly collection of fruit trees is hardly 

 noticeable, and is certainly no blemish. 



Then it is always, useful to have reserve 

 space for raising seedlings and striking cuttings. 

 If some of the space between the vegetable 

 rows is used for this purpose, it helps to 

 redeem the sober character of- that part of the 

 garden, whilst the flowers there raised often 

 acquire a delightful background in contrast 

 with the grey greens of the cabbage, or the 

 more vivid tints of some other of the culinary 

 delicacies. 



Much may be done with the herbs and 

 parsley to give an attractive appearance to the 

 borders of the vegetable plot, and a gardener, 

 with an eye to the picturesque, will make 

 capital out of a bold clump of rhubarb, or the 



