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through, under, or over. Such a fence, however 

 it is no trifling matter to make. It must be pretty 

 high ; and must present some formidable obstacles 

 besides its height. 



34. With regard to the second point ; the shelter ; 

 this is of great consequence ; for, it is very well 

 known, that, on the south side of a good high fence, 

 you can have peas, lettuces, radish, and many other 

 things, full ten days earlier in the spring, than you 

 can have them in the unsheltered ground. Indeed, 

 this is a capital consideration ; for you have, by this 

 means, ten days more of spring than you could 

 have without it. 



35. The shade, during the s">rmer, is also valu- 

 able. Peas will thrive in the snade long after they 

 will no longer produce in the sun. Currant trees 

 and Gooseberry trees will not do well in this cli- 

 mate unless they be in the shade. Raspberries also 

 are best in the shade ; and, during the heat of sum- 

 mer, lettuces, radishes, and many other things, 

 thrive best in the shade. 



36. It will be seen presently, when I come to 

 speak of the form of a garden, that I have fixed 

 on an Oblong Square^ twice as long as it is wide. 

 This gives me a long fence on the North side and 

 also on the South side. The form gives me a 

 fine, warm extensive border in the spring, and the 

 latter a border equally extensive and as cool as I 

 can get it, in the heat of summer. Of the various 

 benefits of this shelter and this shade I shall, of 

 course, speak fully, when I come to treat of the cul- 

 tivation of the several plants. At present I shall 

 confine myself to the sort of fence that I would re- 

 commend. 



37. I am aware of the difiiculty of overcoming 

 long habity and of introducing any thing that is new* 



