24 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 
Parade, open toward the harbour: at the bottom of 
this square is the governour’s house, the apartments of 
which are spacious and suited to the climate, with high 
windows, a balcony in front and galleries on both 
sides; to the back part of the house is joined a tower, 
called in America a look-out, from which there is an 
extensive prospect towards the sea as well as inland. ,, 
Shade had always been an important consideration 
to the Spaniard, at home, and it was here as well; for 
he had come into a land of as great heat as the land of 
his birth, and had planted his settlement so near to the 
sea that of natural growth high enough to afford shade 
there was none. The double line of trees extending 
from the Governor’s dwelling back to the fortifications 
against which the grounds end, were placed thus to 
give a shaded walk from which to view the parterres. 
Such an arrangement of trees is, of all, the wisest and 
most practical for limited space, for it disposes of the 
greatest number with the least waste of ground that is 
valuable for raising vegetables or other crops. And 
the number herein shown would be enough to assure 
an ample supply of fruit for the Governor’s household, 
when it is remembered that many would bear fruit and 
blossoms at the same time, and all the year through. 
This double row of trees on either side the parterres, 
and the similar single rows extending along the boun¬ 
daries on either side of the grounds, were probably 
