FORMATION OF THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 



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of the adjacent clump. If their forces should 

 coalesce to a considerable extent, and the wind 

 proceed in a direct course after squeezing 

 through between the exterior clumps, it will 

 impinge upon the clumps placed inside, opposite 

 the intervals, and afterwards, with a broken-up 

 and greatly diminished force, it will have to 

 encounter the regular belt, which would effec- 

 tually neutralize its force, and thus protect the 



garden from the evil effects of a biting cold 

 blast. 



As a means of preventing the wind from 

 sweeping along the external surfaces of the 

 walls of a garden, diagonally projecting walls, 

 or high hedges, at each corner of the garden 

 have been recommended, and are met with 

 occasionally. For reasons which can be easily 

 understood, such walls are not effective in pre- 



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Fig. 794.— Site for Kitchen-Garden iu a flat and exposed situation, showing positions of plantations to shelter the garden from 



north, erst, and south winds. 



venting the winds sweeping the face of the 

 garden walls. Instead of a diagonally project- 

 ing wall at each corner it would be better to 

 extend the wall on the north side of the garden 

 beyond the eastern and western walls as far as 

 the breadth of the respective borders, or even 

 to the outside of the slip. By this means, also, 

 an additional length of wall with a southern 

 aspect will be secured. If the wall cannot be 

 so extended, a high close hedge may be easily 

 reared, which soon forms an excellent screen, 

 and is much superior to a wall in all respects as 

 a wind-break. 



Levelling. 



After the site, size, and form of the fruit and 

 kitchen garden have been decided upon, the 

 next step is to determine the level of the 

 ground, or the slope thereof, as the case may 

 be. Walls cannot be built to any required 

 height above the ground until the height of the 

 surface of the soil is known. The ground may 

 appear to be level, but it is necessary to deter- 

 mine whether it is really so or not; and if it is 

 found to be irregular, the height of the plane 

 which it will present when the irregularities of 



