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really needed — so that three quarters of the garden, and of the 

 labour and attention, has to be given up to them, and then the 

 owners grumble at the gardener because they get so very little 

 fruit. Let me lay this down, then, as an axiom, that if you want 

 fruit and vegetables in proportionate quantities for the table you 

 must see that the total space set apart for fruit is never less than 

 half the garden. Many people I know will say, " We don't want 

 them in proportionate quantities. We must have the vegetables ; 

 the cooks won't do without them ; the fruit is more of a luxury, 

 and so we must be satisfied with a little, rather than have fewer 

 vegetables." Well and good. If such be your wish tell the 

 gardener so, but don't blame him afterwards because " We get 

 so little fruit." One thing at least let me urge, viz. that the 

 growth of Potatos should be strictly limited, and the extra 

 space given up to fruit. A few Ashleafs for early Potatos is 

 all, I think, that should be grown. The main stock and supply 

 can be bought nowadays at a relatively cheaper price than they 

 can be grown in such a garden as we are speaking of. 



Another way in which a great economy of space can be made 

 in small gardens is by planting standard Apples and Plums 

 and early Pears (if they are wanted) and Cherries (if the birds 

 will let them ripen) in the pleasure-garden. An Apple-tree 

 planted in front of a couple of Evergreen Oaks and sur- 

 rounded with an undergrowth of Ehododendrons or Laurestinus, 

 &c, will make a lovely picture, worthy of any gentleman's 

 garden. Or a half-standard Apple, with the lower branches 

 encouraged at first so as to sweep down upon the turf, is quite 

 as pretty as nine-tenths of the lawn-trees that one sees. Yelloio 

 Ingestre makes a charming lawn Apple on account of its 

 beautiful drooping habit. A standard Williams' Bon Chretien 

 on the Pear stock (if an early Pear be wanted) will make a by 

 no means unlovely object. Beurre d' Amanlis and Jargonelle are 

 both of handsomer foliage, and have much finer flowers than 

 Williams' Bon Chretien, but the flavour of Amanlis is not equal 

 to Bon Chretien, and Jargonelle so very quickly rots. 



Plums and Cherries will also clothe the garden with a 

 wealth of blossom in the spring, quite as beautiful as many of 

 our so-called ornamental trees, besides providing a wealth of 

 fruit in the autumn and adding immensely to the general 

 interest of the pleasure-garden. A Mulberry and a Medlar, if 



