THE- CULINARY GARDEN. 



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of which the taste of the owner and the size of the place should 

 be first consulted. In a princely residence, the culinary gar- 

 dens may be at the distance of a quarter, or a half, or even 

 a mile from the mansion, and approached either by a carriage- 

 di'ive, or by circuitous gravel or grass-walks, according to the 

 diiference of the situation. The space between the garden and 

 residence should, if circumstances will admit of it, be occupied 

 first with the lawn around the house of a size and style cor- 

 responding to the magnitude and architecture of the build- 

 ing; to this the flower-garden should adjoin, which it is desi- 

 rable should always be near the house; and next in order, 

 should follow the shrubbery or arboretum ; the kitchen-garden 

 and orchard terminating the whole. An arrangement of this 

 sort, so varied as to suit the circumstances of the place, will 

 generally be found to have a good effect, and the combination 

 of the whole in one piece will add much to the convenience 

 both of the proprietor and the person, who has the general 

 charge of the gi'ounds. Even in small places, this arrange- 

 ment (or probably an improvement on it) may be easily effected ; 

 the scale being smaller, the parts may be better proportioned, 

 and, by the assistance of a little art, five or six acres, or even 

 much less, may be so arranged as to give the appearance of 

 grounds occupying ten times that extent. 



The culinary and fi'uit gardens, being at a considerable dis- 

 tance from the mansion, present the owner with an opportunity 

 of displaying his taste and fortune in the disposal of his grounds. 

 If they be w^ell arranged and respectably kept up, they will be 

 an attractive object, and be, as it were, a reason for conducting 

 the stranger through a labyrinth of pleasure-ground. From 

 the kitchen and fi'uit-garden, the walks may be carried on to 

 the park, the lake, the village, or, if the proprietor be a sports- 

 man or agriculturist, to the kennels or farm. 



SITUATION AS REGARDS SHELTER. 



A certain degree of shelter is of the utmost importance 

 to the growth of the productions of the kitchen-garden, yet 

 not so as to be shaded by lofty trees from the full rays of 

 the sun. Shelter is necessary, because it renders the garden 

 warmer, by the concentration of the rays of heat from certain 



