Garden planning and planting . .1^ H. FIGS. 4 AND 5 —NARROW GARDENS Sparaxis, Tigridias, Tritonias, Pancratiuras, Brodiaeas, Babianas,Alstromerias, etc. Kockery i)i wall borders is admissible when itconsists of scattered rocks not touching the house. CHAPTER VI Half Acre and Quarter Acre Gardens The less space there is the more important it becomes. Fig. 1 showshow a lawn, rosery, Sweet Pea border, herbaceous border, vegetables,herbs, ferns, flowering shrubs, and Gooseberries and Currants can bearranged in a quarter acre of ground, and there can be fruit treestrained upon the south fence or wa
Garden planning and planting . .1^ H. FIGS. 4 AND 5 —NARROW GARDENS Sparaxis, Tigridias, Tritonias, Pancratiuras, Brodiaeas, Babianas,Alstromerias, etc. Kockery i)i wall borders is admissible when itconsists of scattered rocks not touching the house. CHAPTER VI Half Acre and Quarter Acre Gardens The less space there is the more important it becomes. Fig. 1 showshow a lawn, rosery, Sweet Pea border, herbaceous border, vegetables,herbs, ferns, flowering shrubs, and Gooseberries and Currants can bearranged in a quarter acre of ground, and there can be fruit treestrained upon the south fence or wall. Unfortunately most littlegardens are bounded by hedges ; this is one of the first defects thatshould be remedied as soon as the owner can afford to put up a fence,for evergreen hedges rob the ground of much nourishment. TheEose-covered espalier and pillars shown can be built out of Hoppoles, or even the thickest Bean, faggots ; semi-climbing Roses arebest against the espalier ; arches could take the place of the pillars,but wou
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