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 So3 WOMAN IN HER GARDEN This section will give information on gardening topics which will be of value to all women — the woman who lives in town, the woman who lives in the country, irrespective of whether she has a large or small purse at her disposal. The range of subjects will be very wide and will include : Practical Articles on Horticul- tiire Flower Growing for Profit Violet Farms French Gardens The Vegetable Garden Nature Gardens Water Gardens The Window Garden Famous Gardens of England Conservatories Frames Bell Glasses Greenhouses Vineries^ etc., etc. THE VEGETABLE GAIRBEH By The Hon. FRANCES VVOLSELEY Principal of the Glynde School for Lady Gardeners in Sussex The Vegetable Garden can be Beautiful as Well as Useful — A Practical Plan for a Vcgetatic Garden — The Water Supply — Useful and Pretty Herb Border A SOMEWHAT mistaken idea prevails that ■^^ if a vegetable garden is thoroughly practical and useful, it must be ugly. I do not think, even in the smallest garden, this need be the case. Even if space is too limited to allow of flowers being grown in quantity, we can get a very happy arrangement of a vegetable plot by interspersing fruit amongst the vegetables. Fruit trees are lovely in blossom and in fruit, and a few espaliers of currant or. gooseberry bushes materially lessen the usual monotonous appearance of a vegetable garden, besides adding to the owner's jDrofit. I hope the following suggestions may slow how a pleasant outlook may be had from the windows overlooking the kitchen garden, and all unsightly corners can be concealed. The plan given herewith is a very simple one, and can be easily adapted to any size or form of garden. The four plots, which are the main features, can be lengthened, shortened, or fitted into any shape coin- ciding with the walls which, we imagine, surround the whole. It will be best to follow carefully the explanation of my plan. When one grasps the reason for placing the frame- yard near the rainwater tank, the refuse heap in a position where the prevailing wind will not carry smoke to the house, the reason for having the cordon of fruit trees on the north side of the plots, etc., it will then be easy to build up the vegetable garden in a practical way upon the lines suggested, with merely the alterations necessitated by special surroundings. If the aspect given on the plan does not happen to coincide with your piece of ground, you will be able easily to adapt details, when once you are aware of the reason for placing things in certain positions. It will be noted that the plots c, d, e, and F are fully exposed to the sun, foi none of them have any hedge or espalier on the south side. T W- HOUSB 1 1 A. O B o] o o O C o o o o J-f / o H o ° B o ° o o o © 1 1 1 i 1 O A o B o o o O D O [o o /.wo ro o « p ° o o o IJW- A, Fruit trees. B, Fmit'tree screen. D. Plot for hot-bed and frames. C, E, and F, Croppins ground. C. Circular tan!;, surrounded by a two-foot wall on which can bs placid poti containing plants. O, Currant bushes. Q, Summer-house.