ON AN ORNAMENTAL STA0.E FOR A FLOWER-GARDEN. 



5 



Fig. 3. 

 2 feet 4. 





The plan (fig. 3.) is de- 

 scriptive of a rule for marking 

 out the distances of plants to 

 be set in a flower-border. In 

 using this kind of rule, I place 

 it upon the border, and then 

 insert a peg through each of 

 the seven holes. The rule is 

 "| then taken up, and turned 

 | over, so as to lay the holes 

 ^ AC upon the pegs B D, and 

 I then proceed as before in 

 inserting the pegs, The me- 

 thod is easily accomplished, 

 and a considerable extent of ground may be done in a short space 

 of time. 



The dotted circles shew the spaces which each plant is supposed 

 to occupy when full grown. 



I have used this kind of rule in replanting my flower-borders, 

 (four feet wide,) and the appearance is much neater and more 

 uniform than any I have seen elsewhere. Besides this improve- 

 ment, it h;us enabled me to adopt another, which is to make one 

 number, placed close to the inside of the edging, point out the 

 relative position of each plant between it and the back of the bor- 

 der ; consequently, doing away with the use of tallies, which are 

 liable frequently to get hid amongst the plants, or be misplaced. 

 Each number has reference to a book containing a list of the 

 plants or seeds sown, arranged in the following manner : — 



By referring to the book, the name is easily found, and in an 

 extennive collection the names are readily kept correct. 



Any person having to plant a flower garden, or border, should, 

 before planting, take a ground plan of it, then mark out the dis- 

 tances, and when the number of plants required is ascertained, 



