As the nails in the Bide wall next the path might be liable to catch the dress of ladies passing near them, instead of nails, a rod or a wire might be fixed there: and, indeed, the most elegant mode of training kidney-beans against a wall is, to have an iron wire of the fourth of an inch in diameter, fixed horizontally on studs let into the wall both at top and at bottom, and painted green, and to stretch the threads on these wires from the one to the other. Every April, when the kidney-beans are planted, a person taking a ball of twine, and beginning at one end, by passing it over and under the bars at 6 in. distance, would soon complete this string trellis, the lines of the strings not being perpendicular, but in a diagonal direction. By going over the space a second time, and crossing these lines, the effect would be improved, and the support for the twining stems of the runners increased. If thought necessary, a slight wire fence might be placed along the walk, to protect the grass plot from dogs, and, on this also, scarlet runners might be grown; or an arched wire trellis, from the street entrance to the door of the house, might be formed over the walk, and gourds and scarlet runners might be trained on it In the border on the fourth, or street side of the front garden, we would sow nasturtiums, which would soon grow up against the dwarf wall and the railing, and also spread over the grass.

Their flowers would make a fine appearance all summer, and, with the young leaves and the tender points of the shoots, might be used in salading; while the fruit, if gathered before it becomes too old, is well known to make an excellent sub-stitute for capers. In the side borders containing the scarlet runners nothing else should be planted, unless it were a vine for the purpose of training its shoots along the tops of the walls; because these borders will require to be dug and manured every year, and the soil renewed every three or four years; and because no flowering shrub could thrive under the smothering influence of the foliage of the runners. The same may be observed of the border containing the nasturtiums. The only culture required for both the nasturtiums and the scarlet runners, in the summer time, in addition to the usual routine of watering, weeding, and keeping down insects, etc, would be, when any of the plants began to cease bearing, to cut them down, and water freely at their roots, in consequence of which treatment they will send up fresh shoots, and bear a second crop.

In mild winters, the roots of the runners, if the soil is dry, sometimes survive, and spring up again the following year; and, in this case, fresh seeds are unnecessary, but the ground must either be manured during winter, or frequently watered with liquid manure whilst the plants are growing. The kidney-bean is one of the most valuable of culinary vegetables, being always ready to gather during the whole summer, and requiring very little cookery. That kind known as the scarlet runner is by far the most profitable that can be planted; not only from its producing a greater quantity of fruit than any of the dwarf varieties, but because its pods are tender to the latest period of their growth, even when the seeds within are full grown; whereas the pods of the dwarf varieties become stringy, hard, and unfit to eat, even before the seeds are half-grown. The mature seeds of all the varieties, taken from the pods, and well boiled or stewed, form a farinaceous and most nutritious food; the quantity of gluten in them being nearly as great as it is in the best wheat. Before Miller's time, the scarlet runner was chiefly cultivated for the beauty of its flowers, and on account of their being produced by the plants during the whole summer.

The plants were regularly sown every spring in the flower border, among the other ornamental annuals, and the flowers were eagerly sought after by ladies to put into their nosegays and garlands; but Miller having brought the pods into general use for the table, the scarlet runner has disappeared from the flower border, and has now almost ceased to be considered as an ornamental plant The round sabre bean, which is a profuse bearer, and the seeds of which axe very nutritious when eaten in a ripe state, has white flowers, and is very ornamental when trained against a wall. Another kind of kidney-bean has black and white flowers, and is still more ornamental than the others.

114. The bed on the grots plot adjoining the walk between the entrance-gate and the front door may be planted or sown with such plants as are at once fragrant flowers and sweet herbs; such as lemon and common thyme, mint, marjoram, sage, winter savory, fennel, and tarragon. These would never require any manure, and need not to be taken up and replanted oftener than once in three or four years, or even longer.

115. In gardens of smaller size, if it should be desired to confine the culture of useful plants to the back garden, the front garden may be laid down in grass, and only dwarf fruit-trees planted in it. The centre tree may be a filbert or a berberrry. The filbert is most ornamental during winter, with its long male catkins moved by every wind; but the berberry has the advantage of being beautiful, not only when in flower in spring, but also in autumn when covered with its bright fruit, which is useful both for garnishing and making a delicious preserve. In this case gooseberry or currant bushes may be planted in the circles, or the centre-tree may be a swan-egg pear, which is very graceful in its habit of growth, and the bushes in the circles may be dwarf apples on paradise stocks, and the kinds may be the Hawthornden, if profit be the object, because no other apple-tree bears so abundantly as a dwarf; but, for ornament, may be added, the Alexander, a very large apple; the red Siberian crab, nearly as small as a cherry, but an excellent bearer, and making an elegant sweetmeat when preserved in apple jelly; and the transparent crab, a most beautiful apple with a skin like transparent wax, also an abundant bearer, and good for preserving.

Other fruit-trees are either not ornamental, such as the pear and medlar; or of too short duration, such as the cherry, which never looks well after the month of July, or the plum, which ripens its fruit in August The quince is one of the most ornamental of fruit-trees, and might he used for the centre bed, hut unfortunately it is rather an uncertain hearer.