European and Japanese Gardens 
bed cold-frames, bins for leaves, and all such accessories of 
garden-work are made to lend interest to the kitchen-garden 
and give it the air of order which is characteristic of all English 
work. The desire to make the most of every scrap of ground 
induces the utmost care in getting all that is possible out of 
smallest compass. The walls, as well as the ground, must yield 
their increase, and all must be in compact form. This has pro- 
A MODERN HOUSE AND GARDEN 
duced the many varieties of dwarf trees which add interest to 
the garden, and has led to the careful rotation of crops, and 
the following of crops in the same season, all of which increase 
the appearance of care and thoroughness. 
Flowers are so interwoven with kitchen-garden, part of 
which is generally occupied by the varieties which are more 
useful for cutting than for their beauty out of doors, as to 
lead one to the consideration of the flower-garden as the next 
need to be satisfied. The flowers one might divide under three 
