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PARKS AND PLEASURE- GROUNDS . 



appropriate to the other. When orchards are planted 

 apart from the kitchen-gardens, [and they should he 

 so planted — apart from the kitchen-gardens — -Ed.] 

 a warm, dry, and sheltered locality should be selected 

 for them. In the more northern or midland districts, 

 the outer sloping hanks — but not the level holms — on 

 the sides of rivers, are found to be singularly propi- 

 tious to the growth of hardy fruit-trees. Orchards, 

 when not very artificially planted, and when furnished 

 with proper accompaniments, may be made to har- 

 monize well with the general scenery of the park and 

 pleasure-grounds . 



Note. — Still, orchards are better by themselves, in 

 their own proper in closures. — Ed. 



The Forcing-garden. — Fruit and vegetables are 

 said to be forced when their growth is accelerated and 

 their maturity perfected by means of glass and artifi- 

 cial heat. The forcing-garden, then, requires a number 

 of glazed houses or other structures of more or less 

 complicated construction. It is usually mixed up with 

 the kitchen-garden, or what is better, partly attached 

 to it in a separate compartment. The vineries, peach- 

 houses, pine-stoves, and occasionally a green-house, are 

 commonly placed on the south side of the north wall 

 of the kitchen-garden, while the furnaces, sheds, and 

 other necessary offices occupy the north side of the 

 same wall. In such cases, when the nature of the 

 ground permits, the pine-pits, melon-pits, and other 

 minor forcing structures, should be arranged in an in- 

 closed space behind the above, but at such a distance 

 as to prevent their being shaded during winter by the 

 buildings in front. This is perhaps the best arrange- 

 ment, as it keeps the whole forcing-garden together, 



