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and green ; and finally to have the enjoyment of the 

 luscious pulp, with the knowledge that it is one of the 

 most wholesome and sustaining of fruit foods — surely 

 all this is worthy garden service ! Then how delicious 

 are the sun-warmed Apricots and Peaches, and, later 

 in the year, the Jargonelle Pears, always best eaten 

 straight from the tree ; and the ripe Mulberries of 

 September. And how pleasant to stroll about the 

 wide grassy ways, turning from the fruits to the 

 flowers in the clumps and borders ; to the splendid 

 Yuccas and the masses of Hydrangea bloom, and then 

 to the gorgeous Tritomas and other dehghts ; and 

 to see the dignity of the stately Bay-trees and the 

 incomparable beauty of their every twig and leaf. 



The beautiful fruit garden would naturally lead to 

 the orchard, a place that is not so often included in 

 the pleasure-ground as it deserves. For what is more 

 lovely than the bloom of orchard trees in April and 

 May, with the grass below in its strong, young growth ; 

 in itself a garden of Cowslips and Daffodils. In an 

 old orchard how pictorial are the lines of the low- 

 leaning old Apple-trunks and the swing and poise of 

 their upper branches, best seen in winter when their 

 gracefiol movement of line and wonderful sense of 

 balance can be fully appreciated. But the younger 

 orchard has its beauty too, of fresh, yoimg life and 

 wealth of bloom and bounteous bearing. 



Then if the place of the orchard suggests a return 

 to nearer pleasure-ground with yet some space between, 

 how good to make this into a free garden orchard 

 for the fruits of wilder character ; for wide-spreading 



