24 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



Parade, open toward the harbour: at the bottom of 

 this square is the governour's house, the apartments of 

 which are spacious and suited to the climate, with high 

 windows, a balcony in front and galleries on both 

 sides; to the back part of the house is joined a tower, 

 called in America a look-out, from which there is an 

 extensive prospect towards the sea as well as inland." 

 ' Shade had always been an important consideration 

 to the Spaniard, at home, and it was here as well ; for 

 he had come into a land of as great heat as the land of 

 his birth, and had planted his settlement so near to the 

 sea that of natural growth high enough to afford shade 

 there was none. The double line of trees extending 

 from the Governor's dwelling back to the fortifications 

 against which the grounds end, were placed thus to 

 give a shaded walk from which to view the parterres. 

 Such an arrangement of trees is, of all, the wisest and 

 most practical for limited space, for it disposes of the 

 greatest number with the least waste of ground that is 

 valuable for raising vegetables or other crops. And 

 the number herein shown would be enough to assure 

 an ample supply of fruit for the Governor's household, 

 when it is remembered that many would bear fruit and 

 blossoms at the same time, and all the year through. 

 This double row of trees on either side the parterres, 

 and the similar single rows extending along the boun- 

 daries on either side of the grounds, were probably 



