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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



more the appearance of neglect, than to see a part of it con • 

 verted into a nursery for rearing forest-trees ; it would be far 

 better, where the ground is not wanted for a time, to lay a part 

 down in grass, which will tend to renovate the soil, and leave 

 it in a condition to be cropped to advantage when necessary, 

 whereas the rearing of forest-trees exhausts the ground, and 

 leaves it after a time so impoverished, as to be unfit for the pro- 

 duction of its proper crops. 



FORM AND ARRANGEMENT. 



Various forms have been recommended by practical men, par- 

 ticularly for that part of the culinary garden which is surrounded 

 by walls. Some have recommended a square figure. {Fig, 1.) 



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\. I. Hot-houses. 2, Z.i. 5. Quarters. 6.7.8.9. Borders. 10. U. 12. 13. Walks. 

 14. 15. 16. 17. Walls. 18. 19. 20. 21. Outer Boundary. 22. 23. Back Sheds. 



AbercTombie recommended an oblong, with the angles 

 cut off, to give a greater portion of the walls behind an equal 

 degree of aspect with those on the garden side. Hitt recom^ 

 mended a geometrical square or rhomboid, so placed that each 

 wall might derive as much benefit fi'om the sun as possible. 



