34 FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
which is exhausted by continual cropping requires to be 
continually repaired. A compartment for the preparation 
of manure, and storing of vegetable, and heathy, or other 
soils, is necessary; and part of it should be covered with a 
shed, so that moderately dry earth may not be wanting for 
the early forcing of cucumbers and melons in’ the spring, 
and for similar purposes. 
Internal Arrangement.—In gardens of the superior 
class, 2 considerable portion of the north wall, or of the 
cross-wall, is covered in front with glazed structures, called 
hot-houses or forcing-houses. To these the houses for or- 
namental plants are sometimes attached; but the last are 
more appropriately situate in the flower-garden, when that 
forms a separate department. It is well, however, that 
everything connected with the forcing, whether of fruits or 
flowers, should be concentrated in one place. Where there 
is a melonry, and other smaller pine-pits, these should 
occupy some well-sheltered spot in the slip, or on one side 
of the garden, and, if possible, in the neighborhood of the 
stable-yard. Adjoining to this may be found a suitable 
site for the compost ground, in which various kinds of soils 
may be kept in store, and composts may be prepared, as 
already hinted. : 
Extensive gardens, in exposed situations are often divided 
into compartments by hedges, so disposed as to break the 
force of winds. Where these are required to be lofty, yet 
narrow, holly, yew, or beach are preferred; but if space be 
no object, common laurel is one of the most beautiful 
plants that can be employed for this purpose. Small 
hedges may be formed of evergreen privet, or of tree-box. 
These subordinate divisions, though often neglected, are 
worthy of attention ; for, in addition to shelter, they fur- 
nish shade from the sun’s rays, which at certain seasons is 
