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which formerly existed in villages, but which was fast 

 vanishing before the war commenced. 



This reconstruction is likely to give us an answer to the 

 first question — viz., who the garden designer of the future 

 will be. Groups of market growers, smallholders, and 

 others who are interested in village industries, will settle 

 themselves in the many new cottages that are to be built, 

 and where two or three gentlefolk join together in 

 one business concern, they could each undertake the 

 management of a separate department. For instance, 

 the partner who possessed an artistic temperament would 

 appear to be eminently suited to the study of garden 

 design. Moreover, he (or she) might combine this with 

 other work of the same description, such as drawing plans 

 of orchards, which was touched upon in a previous chapter, 

 or advisory work upon planting or about the rotation of 

 crops. A few days could be profitably devoted to pruning 

 the fruit in neighbouring gardens, whilst the culture of 

 ornamental shrubs and plants for sale could be pursued in 

 the home garden. 



Three or four ladies who have learnt in previous years 

 that they can work well and happily together, and who 

 know the economic gains that accrue from sharing the 

 expense of rent and requisites, might well keep house 

 together. Likewise, the life of a smallholder should 

 appeal to many ex-Service officers, and if their wives and 

 children join in all the interests of pig-keeping and goat- 

 keeping, fruit-growing and bottling, we should quickly 

 increase the food of our country, which is what our leaders 

 desire. 



The monotony of existence which until recently had 

 impressed itself upon many through their utter forgetful- 

 ness of the activities and the simple pleasures of 

 country life, will be, it is hoped, now dispersed. Social 

 meetings, concerts, intercourse upon common topics, such 



