FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
In this compartment are cultivated the articles which 
are necessary for the supply of the kitchen and the desscrt- 
table. In England, it is usually: ‘enclosed with walls, not 
only for the sake of security and general slielter, but ‘to 
afford the means of cultivating in that- climate the finer 
fruits by training the trees close to the walls. In the 
United States, little or no protection against cold is necés- 
sary,'unless it be in the more northern sections. | But the 
English garden must be furnished with hot-houses, melon- 
frames, and similar contrivances, by which the fruits of 
warmer climates are subjected to an artificially increased 
temperature, and thus brought to maturity. The size of a 
walled garden ought evidently to bear some proportion to 
the splendor of the mansion-house of which it is an append- 
age, to the extent of the park, and the means of the family. 
Where the demand is large, such a garden should not com- 
prehend less than from four to six acres. In many places, 
this extent will not afford an adequate supply of culinary 
vegetables, but some of the bulkier crops, such as peas, po- 
tatoes and turnips, may be raised in the orchard, or on the 
_ home farm. From an acre and a half to three acres may 
be regarded as forming a respectable middle-sizcd ‘garden ; 
but, within the limits already mentioned, it is better, in the 
first formation of a mes to ange too large tien too 
small a space. 
