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CHAPTER IX. 



THE KITCHEN, EEUIT, AJ^D FOECING GARDENS. 



Introduction. — The Site.— Drainage. — Soil. — TLe Form. — Tke 

 Walls. — The Fruit Garden. — The Forcing Garden. 



Gardens intended for tlie production of fruit and culi- 

 nary vegetables belong to the subject of horticulture^ 

 and therefore^ in their full extent, do not come within 

 the scope of this work. Their formation, as w^ell as 

 their culture, must be regulated by principles and 

 methods specially belonging to them. They are, however, 

 objects within the park, and bear certain relations to 

 its component parts. If these relations are altogether 

 neglected, the beauty of the surrounding scenery may 

 be materially aifected ; and if they are exclusively at- 

 tended to, the value of these gardens, in their proper 

 character, may be greatly diminished. In laying out a 

 country residence, a careful adjustment must be made 

 between these competing claims. To aid these some- 

 times difficult arrangements, we propose in this chapter 

 to offer some general observations, without entering into 

 lengthened or minute details. 



The kitchen, fruit, and forcing gardens are generally 

 so connected, and often so intermingled, as to form one 



