CHAPTER II 



THE FURNISHING OF THE HOUSE 



Number of trees required — Arrangement of the trees — Beds and 

 borders — The need for separate compartments. 



The number required. — The most important 

 point to be considered in furnishing a house with 

 trees in pots is to know the proper number re- 

 quired and the distance they should be groA\Ti 

 apart. 



As before stated, the span-roofed house is 

 decidedly the best, and assuming the house to be 

 14 ft. wide, there will be sufficient space for a 

 border on each side of a centre path, each border 

 being 5 ft. wide, leaving 4 ft. for the path ; and 

 on each border two rows of trees can be grown 

 4 ft. apart if arranged in angles. The front row 

 should start by allowing a space of 2 ft. from 

 the end of the house, and the back row should 

 start 4 ft. from the end of the house. This would 

 bring them into the angle arrangement. (See 

 diagram.) 



The length of the house will now decide the 



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