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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
and Cox’s), and, although, under his skilful cultivation, they were well coloured, we had no 
difficulty in deciding they were not only both alike, but that both were identical with Black 
Morocco. —Ed. E. and P.] 
KITCHEN GARDEN DECORATION. 
{Continuedfrom page 220.) 
Although we have only treated of detached arches of fruit trees over 
kitchen garden walks, there are a great many other means of bringing the 
present taste for dw'arf-fruit-tree-growing within the convenient range of 
almost every garden, and still 
keep the ornamental object in 
view. A well-trained dwarf 
fruit tree is very similar to a 
specimen exhibition plant. It 
must be seen all round to be ap¬ 
preciated; it should also have, for 
the sake of the repeated atten¬ 
tion it requires, a situation easy 
of access at all times for either 
the amateur or gardener, neither 
of which is gained by planting 
these in squares of the kitchen 
garden, along the back of bor¬ 
ders, or in dwarf orchards. 
This has also led us to the 
conclusion that if we were going 
to lay out a kitchen garden where 
a large amount of this culture 
was required, we would, instead 
of centre walks make centre bor¬ 
ders (see fig.) 6 feet wide, with 
3 ft. 6 in. walls in the ground, 
and a walk along each side. 
If proper care is taken with 
the bottom, we have not only 
the handsome tree standing clear, 
but root-pruning and training 
made easy. The wall and the 
bottom being impervious to the 
roots, a trench can with little 
trouble be taken out in the space 
between the trees, and fresh soil 
added at pleasure. It would 
scarcely be possible under these 
circumstances to give the tree 
the severe check which careless 
root-pruning invariably does. We have adapted this for Cherries, and nothing 
can be more satisfactory ; it enables us to cover them from the birds, and it 
would also, in the case of Pears, allow the more tender to be arranged together 
in one border, when temporary covering for protecting the blossoms in spring 
is made more convenient. An artificial stone curb upon the wall of the 
border would add greatly to its appearance. 
Cliveden. J. Fleming. 
