BORDERS 67 



A border, preferably a double one along the path 

 leading up to the entrance to the house, is another 

 good leaf from the book of cottage gardens. This 

 may be of equal width the entire distance, or agree- 

 ably varied by a distinct broadening at one or both 

 ends at the house end only if it does not extend 

 to the gate, or sidewalk line. Again it may be va- 

 ried by being made L shaped on one or both sides, 

 the arm being an extension along the house wall; 

 widen the elbow a little to reduce the angularity at 

 that point. 



Or the front yard scheme may be extended to 

 two rectangular borders, the remaining boundaries 

 being as near the side limits of the home plot as 

 seems practicable. Leave a break in the border 

 near the house for entrance from the path. Where 

 space is abundant and more flowers are desired, 

 make the border a double one all around, or part 

 way, by a continuance of the path within the 

 grounds. Inside the rectangles have only lawn, 

 with shrubs or small trees if there is room. 



A border along the driveway is sometimes quite 

 enough for a small place. One that comes to mind 

 for its fitness uses up the entire space between the 

 road and the boundary line. It is six feet wide 

 until the road takes a turn inward; then it broadens 

 and ends with a rounded effect. Another, that has 

 the drawback of a brief season of bloom, is simply 

 a four-foot strip of German irises that follows the 

 several curves of a driveway its entire length. 



Then there is the border that defines one or two 



