How to manage a Garden 



A glance at the corresponding plan will show the hideous 

 effect of breaking up the plot. It will be found difficult 

 to plant beds which are more than eight feet wide, so that 

 if we give in a little and say that a bed for ordinary flowers 

 should not exceed ten feet in width it will be pretty safe 

 to follow the rule throughout. For producing effect this 



FIG. 15. The grass plot. FIG. 16. 



Good arrangement. Faulty arrangement. 



A Border. B Bed. C Path. D Rockeries. L Lawn. 



width will also be found to be sufficient. In the case 

 of borders the width may be extended to fifteen feet, but 

 I am afraid few of my readers will be able to spare even 

 that. To show off a good border of annuals arranged 

 after the "massing system" this space could be advan- 

 tageously utilised, for the plan cannot well be carried out 

 on a small scale. 



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