[9]
Again, is beauty an object of no consideration in the planting of fruit trees? Certainly
not! For my trees must be planted in due order
and at fixed intervals. What fairer sight is there
than rows of trees planted in échelon1 which present
straight lines to the eye from whatever angle they be
viewed? But it has an additional advantage, since
this form of plantation enables every tree to derive
an equal share of moisture from the soil.
1 Quincunx. The formation may be thus represented
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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