■THE AMATEUR’S KITCHEN GARDEN. 
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posts driven down at distances of eight feet or so, is the best 
possible edging, for a kitchen garden. The paltry lath sort of 
stuff we sometimes see is not to be considered plank on edge. 
We want planks one inch thick, and four to nine inches broad, 
and they should not be sunk into the ground at all, but the 
border should be made up to them. The top edge may be 
rounded, and that is all the fine art possible, unless it is 
determined to pitch or paint them. Finally a substantial 
stone moulding is the proper thing, and happy, in one sense 
at least, are those who can afford it. 
It is necessary now to illustrate the foregoing remarks with 
a few examples. It must be remembered that a small garden 
well managed is much to be preferred to a large garden kept 
in a discreditable state. In. regard to mere production, the 
first will beat the second both in quantity and quality, and 
indeed.it is surprising what a small plot of well cultivated 
land will produce. The subjoined plan represents a plot com- 
prising about ioths of an acre; only one entrance and one walk 
round are provided. If necessary, a walk can be carried 
through the centre from west to east, and another across the 
centre from north to south, to divide the whole into four equal 
parts the border next the wall all round is ten feet wide, the 
walk five feet, the central plot eighty feet from north to south. 
On the border 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc., may be planted to skirt the 
wall, bush and pyramid apple, pear, and plum trees, and again 
on the centra] plot next the walk all round maj^ be planted 
similar trees, with an occasional run of black and red currants, 
gooseberries, and raspberries between. Standard trees are not 
admissible, and there must be no trees at all in the interior of 
the central plot, for we want all the air and light obtainable 
there for the production of first class vegetables. 
Our arrangement of the ground will possibly not suit any- 
body, but we shall nevertheless proceed to plant and crop this 
garden. The strip marked 1 is to be devoted to raspberries ; 
2, red and white currants ; 3, gooseberries ; the border 4, late 
raspberries ; the border 5, black currants ; the border 6, late 
strawberries ; the border 7, early strawberries ; the border 8, 
successional strawberries. The wall looling south, that is to 
say the wall on the north side of the garden, to be covered 
with peaches, nectarines, and apricots ; the wall looking north, 
with plums and Morello cherries ; the wall looking east, with 
pears ; the wall looking west, with early cherries and figs. 
