Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-15
wIs.AR A GARDEN MAY he.

Ike Marvel, who is not less celebrated for
his charming prose compositions, than for
his exquisite taste ard skill in all matters per
tanning to. the science Of agriculture has
given to the world handsome sketch of
"whata garden may be-" We extract:
Here let me outline, in brief, what farm.
er's garden may be, without other than home
labor. A broad walk shall run down the mid.
die OF either square, enclosure, or long par.
allelogram. A box edging upon either side
is OF little cost, and contributes eminently to
ncatness; it will kold good for eight years,
without too great encroachment, and at that
time, will sell to the nursery men for more
than enough to pay the cost of re setting
On either side Of this walk, in a border of
six feet wide, the farmer may plant his dwarf
fruit, with grapes at intervals, to climb upon
home made cedar trellis, that shall over
arch and embower the walk If he love an
evening pipe in his garden, he may plant
some simple seat under one or more Of these
lcafy arbors.
AT least half the garden, az ] before
suggested, he may easily arrange, to till
spring and autuinn--with the plow; and
whatever he places there in the way of tre'
and shrub must oe in lines parallel with the
walk. On the other half, he will be sui .ject.
ed to no such limitations; there, he will es
tablish his perennials--his asparagus, his
thyme, his sage, and parsley; his rhubarh,
his gooseberrles, Strawberries, and raspber
res, and in an anglc--hidden, If he choose,
by a belt Of shrnbbery--he may have his hot,
bed and compost heap Fork culture, which
all these crops demand. will admit Of any ar
rangement he may prefer and he may enlvcn
the groupings, and win the good Wits favor
by here and there little circlrt NJ such -
fashioned flowers as tulips ye'low lines and
white, with roses Of Ill aGes.
Upon the other half he may make distri-
button of parts, by banding he various crops
with border lines Of China or Refugee beans;
and he may split the whole crosswise, by a
walk overarched with climbing Lmas, or the
London Misunderstanding off the two
ends with an abutmcnt Of Scarletrunners,
and a surbase of fiery Nasturtium.
There are also available and pretty devices
for making the land do double duty. The
bord .r lines of Canada beans, which will be |
iipened in early August may have Swed'
sown in their shadows in the first days Of
July, so that when the Chinas have fulfilled I
their mission, there shall be line Of purr'e
green in their places The early radishes
and salads may have their little circles of
cucumber pits, no way interfering with the
first and covering the ground when the first
are done. The early Bassano beets will rome
away in time to leave space for the full flow
of the melons that have been planted at in
tesvais among them. The caulifnwer viii
find grateful shade under the lines Of sweet
corn. and the newly set winter cahhages,
temporary refuge from the sun. under tho
shelter Of the ripened peas. DO not MAX
these suggestions at random. but as the re
suit OF actual and successful experience.
With such simple and orderly arrange
ment. inro'ving..no excessive labor, think
every farmer and country liver NAV tak"
pleasure in his garden as an object Of teau'r'
making Of it a little farm in miniature. with
its copse o. dwarf trees, its hedge rows Of
currants and gooseherries, and its meadows
of Strawberries, and thyme. From the very
day on which, in spring. he sees the first,
faint, upheaving, tuf,ed lines Of green from
his Dan O'Rourkes. to the day when the
dangling Limas, and SPRAYING, bloody to
lnatoes are smitten by the frost, it offers
field Of constant progress, and Of successive
triumphs. Line by line, and company by
company, the army Of green things take pc.
sition the little fowery banners are flung to
the wind; and 10 presently every soldier Of
them al!--plundernc only the Garth and sun
shne-is loaded with booty.