. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. the other features of the garden. Fourthly,several appropriate features not In theorignal, namely, a garden seat or arbor tobe covered with climbers at a and a vinearch at h. It is designed that the new plan shallafford accomodations for about the samenumber and kindof plants and.(^.shrubs as does thefi^^old, while thereare opportunitiesbesides for usinga number of larg-er plants andshrubs thanwould be consist-ent with the widthof the beds of theold plan. At onepoint for instance,the l


. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. the other features of the garden. Fourthly,several appropriate features not In theorignal, namely, a garden seat or arbor tobe covered with climbers at a and a vinearch at h. It is designed that the new plan shallafford accomodations for about the samenumber and kindof plants and.(^.shrubs as does thefi^^old, while thereare opportunitiesbesides for usinga number of larg-er plants andshrubs thanwould be consist-ent with the widthof the beds of theold plan. At onepoint for instance,the left borderswells out to a-bout one-thirdway across theyard, while themass opposite ex-tends, althoughnot solidly, half way across. Here at thewider parts might be placed some groups ofbold shrubs, like Lilacs, Mock Oranges,Loniceras, Weigelas, etc., to serve a«a sort of division, forming a back gardenbeyond, the contents of which would bewholly out of sight to a person standing atthe house end of the plat. In the rearcorners, and at several other places, there isgreater width than is found in any bed of. A Simple Plant Support. I89I. POPULAR GARDENING. 125 the old design, and all helpful in locating alarger assortment of kinds and sizes ofgrowths. Assuming on our intelligent cor-respondents ability to readily arrange sucha garden with taste and discretion, depend-ing largely on her present stock of plants,we will not enter upon details in this partof the work. It may be suggested, however,that the plan of arranging the variousclasses of growths in masses, each some-what by themselves, should always belooked upon as more satisfactory than anyother the hope that many other readers of this of town gardens in their relation to eachother, and to the public highways. It is tothe tasteful platting of a part of a suburbanvillage to which we invite attention, refer-ing to the large accompanying design. This plan pertains to a tract embracing 44acres of land, and lying within


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