. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 184 THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. [Januauy 3. unlly of iHii'jjose, that, ouce established on proper principles, the most iguorant jobber could nut get wrong; a matter of some satisfaction to the em- ployer, wlio, if a commercial gentleman, has, of course, little time to attend to liis garden. If this com'se be adoj^ted, there would be a variety of aspects for tlio marginal espaliers or bushes, equally adajited to their respective habits with that of the walls. The subjoined slcetcli will show what we mean. S. 5 W Thus for the margins. 1. Flemish pears. 2.
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 184 THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. [Januauy 3. unlly of iHii'jjose, that, ouce established on proper principles, the most iguorant jobber could nut get wrong; a matter of some satisfaction to the em- ployer, wlio, if a commercial gentleman, has, of course, little time to attend to liis garden. If this com'se be adoj^ted, there would be a variety of aspects for tlio marginal espaliers or bushes, equally adajited to their respective habits with that of the walls. The subjoined slcetcli will show what we mean. S. 5 W Thus for the margins. 1. Flemish pears. 2. Blacli cuiTants and rasps. 3. Cherries and plums. 4. Apples. 5. Red and white currants. 6. Ciooseben'ies. /. Pears. 8. Gooseberries. For the walls. 1. Peaches and Nectarines. 2. Morellos and late plums. 3. Cherriesand plums. 4. Pears. 5. Apples. 6. Pears. 7. Apricots. It may be observed that the numbers, as above, refer both to the wall-trees and to the trained or dwarf esjialiers on the margin of the border. The numbers ;3, 4, 5, 6, may be transposed il' necessary ; for it is not very material how tlicy are changed, provided Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, are kept for the objects here sijccificd. Admitting, then, that the walls were nine feet in height, and the borders six or seven feet wide, the wall-trees might be fifteen feet asunder. Wo would then plant one bnsh fruit or one espalier fruit-tree in the angle on the margin, at about three feet from the front walk ; thus there would be just as many marginal trees as wall-trees, and the roots of the one jutting in between the other two: the whole border viltimately would be a mass of libres. Such being the case, spade-culture must be dispensed with ; and, in lieu tliereof, a toji-dressing might bo applied every May, close on the heels of a rauiy period ; tliis would long jireservc a steady moisture, and be the means of ainiually inducing a net work of fresh fibres close beneath the surface. It must here bo understood that the pears must be
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