CHAPTER VIII 



TWO -COTTAGE GARDENS, WITH PLANTING 



I PLANS AND INSTRUCTION FOR GROWING 

 WATER-LILIES IN TUBS 

 HERE is a still smaller garden than those dealt with 

 in the previous chapter viz., that usually accompany- 

 ing semi-detached cottages. In response to several 

 inquiries the Editor of The Garden some time since 

 asked me to suggest designs for planning and planting 

 them. Two typical and existing sites were taken and 

 distinct designs furnished for each. These gardens, 

 it should be understood, are only 25 feet wide, so that 

 every inch of space is valuable. The plans, and the 

 notes thereon that appeared with them, are now repro- 

 duced. 



HINTS FOR DESIGNING VERY SMALL GARDENS 



It has been suggested to us that plans for laying out 

 very small gardens belonging to semi-detached cot- 

 tages would be useful, and we have therefore asked 

 Mr. Dillistone, who, of course, is generally occupied 

 with much larger designs, to furnish the following : 



A question often asked is, " What can be done with 

 a garden about 60 feet or 70 feet long and 25 feet or 

 30 feet wide ?" such gardens, in fact, as are provided 

 with the usual semi-detached suburban villa. Quoting 

 from a letter recently received, " Now this is the most 



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