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more easily cared for than beds of the style here given ; 

 most persons, where the floral ornamentation is, as in this 

 case, confined to a few effective masses, prefer to change 

 not only the manner of planting such beds each year, but 

 to alter their form occasionally. The unbroken area of 

 lawn at c is intended for a croquet ground. At the rear 

 of the house the central walk is spanned by a grape ar- 

 bor, g a, if one wishes the vines to afford shade, or a 

 simple trellis may run each side; the borders next the 

 fence on each side and at the rear, (not shown in the 

 plan), may also be used for grapes, or will be convenient 

 for raspberries, currants, and other small fruits. The 

 large plots, v f, are for the main crops of vegetables and 

 fruits ; asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, and such other 

 crops as remain year after year without being disturbed, 

 should be so placed at the outset as to be interfered with 

 as little as possible in the frequent working of the soil 

 necessary for other crops. A lot of this size will require 

 the labor of one man, whose time must be exclusively 

 devoted to the garden, and to nothing else, to keep it in 

 proper order. Such is the extent, and something near 

 the design of the grounds I use for such purposes. I 

 generally have selected one of my most active men to 

 take charge of it, and find he has plenty to do to do it 

 well. A second design (fig. 7) shows a lot of the same 

 dimensions, with a different arrangement, there being a 

 stable, s, and no rear entrance, it is necessary to provide 

 one from the front, and in order to secure a greater 

 breadth of lawn, the house is placed at one side of the 

 center of the grounds. The drive, d, in the design is made 

 to turn around a group of flower-beds of fanciful pattern, 

 but this may be replaced by a single circle, planted as 

 suggested in the next chapter, or by a group of ornamen- 

 tal evergreen or other shrubs. In this design the cro- 

 quet-ground is at c, and the grape arbor, G A, is used to 

 shut out the view of the vegetable grounds from the street. 



