chap. vi.J THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 137 
garden, it is usual to surround it entirely, or 
on three sides, with a piece of ground called 
a slip, consisting of a fruit-tree border, and a 
walk with perhaps a narrow bed beyond it, 
bounded by a low hedge. This is done in 
order that fruit-trees may be grown on both 
sides of the wall. The vinery and forcing 
houses are generally placed facing the main 
walk of the garden; and what is called the 
melon-ground, which forms a small walled 
garden, is often placed behind them. This, 
however, is not essential; but the melon- 
ground should always be as near as possible 
to the stable-offices, for the convenience of 
carting manure ; and both it and the kitchen 
garden should be near the house, and have a 
convenient road to it concealed from the 
pleasure-ground. In small suburban gardens 
there should always be a convenient, and, if 
possible, partially concealed, road for servants 
to bring in vegetables ; and there should be 
a little plot of ground for thyme, mint, sage, 
parsley, &c., very near the kitchen door. 
Walks .-—The obvious use of walks in a 
garden constructed on a general principle of 
utility, is to enable the gardener and others 
