MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. 147 



nearest to the stables (if well sheltered, and exposed to the 

 sun,) for melon and cucumber beds ; and you can plant both 

 sides of the garden-wall, which will give a great addition to 

 the quantity of wall fruit. 



If the soil of the new garden be strong, it should be plow- 

 ed or dug three or four times before you plant any thing in 

 it; and if it be thrown up in ridges during the winter, it will 

 be of great service, as the frost will meliorate and loosen its 

 parts. 



Gardens, if possible, should lie near a river, or brook, 

 that they may be well supplied with water. From these, if 

 the garden does not lie too high, the water may be con- 

 ducted to it by drains, or, which is much better, by pipes, 

 taking care to lay them low enough to receive the water in 

 the driest season, which is the time when it will be most 

 wanted. 



If there be no running water near the garden, and if the 

 latter lies on a declivity near a public road, I would advise 

 to make a hollow drain, or a cut, from the most convenient 

 part of the road to receive the water that washes the road in 

 rainy weather, and convey it to a large cistern, or tank, in 

 the upper part of the garden ; this, if the road be mended with 

 lime-stone or chalk, v/ill prove an excellent manure. The 

 water from the cistern, or from the river, may be conducted 

 to the different quarters by means of pipes, which having 

 cocks at proper places, the water may be turned upon the dif- 

 ferent quarters of the garden at pleasure. Or the water may 

 be conveyed in proper channels, and turned on the quarters 

 in the same manner as in watering meadov/s. 



These pipes, channels, &c. will be a considerable expence 

 at first ; but they will soon repay it by saving a great deal of 

 time, which would otherwise be spent in pumping and carry- 

 ' ing water. The most convenient time for turning the water 

 on, is in general, during the night ; and in dry weather it 

 would then be of the most essential service. 



If the situation be such that you are obliged to pump 

 the water from deep wells, there should be a large reser- 

 voir, in which it should be exposed to the sun and air for 

 some days before it is used : It may then be turned on as 

 above. 



If the ground be wet and spewy, it will be proper to 

 make a bason in the most convenient place, to receive the wa- 

 ter that comes from the drains, and to collect the rain that 

 falls on the walks. 



