European and Japanese Gardens 
THE GARDEN WALK 
aic quite delightful spots in which to ramble. A garden at 
Wells has dwarf espalier apples bordering its path, beautiful 
fruit trees on its fine old walls, standard roses marking the 
lines of some of its paths, and the flowers and fruit are helped, 
rather than hurt, by the peas and beans, the splendid blue- 
green of the cabbage tribe, and the rich brown of the turned- 
over soil. As the kitchen-garden is to be an apartment by 
itself, as it were, it is bounded, and at the same time pro¬ 
tected, by walls. Large gardens would be subdivided, and one 
might find separate gardens for herbs, for small fruits, for roots 
and for the more quickly growing crops, such as beans and 
peas. I he necessary water is made use of as an interesting 
feature. Water which has lain in the sun is better than cold 
well water, or water just from the town mains, so one generally 
finds a good-sized basin making an interesting pool in the gar¬ 
den. A proper place for tools creates a garden-house—fre¬ 
quently quite a delightful feature—and the greenhouse, hot- 
