How to manage a Garden 



made. A sectional view of a garden before and after the 

 terrace is made is given in Figs. 25 and 26. The question of 



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FIG. 25. 

 The soil before. 



draining land, which should of course precede all opera- 

 tions, will be found fully dealt with elsewhere. 



The Arrangement of Shrubs. 



The proper and proportionate arrangement of shrubs is 

 a matter in which many amateurs fail. In their eager desire 

 to include a little of everything, they end up by making 

 their garden into an intricate maze, the face of which might 

 resemble an unbeautiful mosaic. We cannot really blame 

 them for this, for it is a fault begotten of a virtue ; but at 

 least the fault can be pointed out, a remedy suggested, and 

 much time, money, and labour saved, to be expended in 

 some more serviceable manner. Shrubs seldom look well 

 when profusely dotted about, but are generally appreciated 

 when formed into groups and belts. An endeavour is made 

 to show the difference in the two methods in Figs. 27, 28. 

 If a pleasure-ground is really to deserve its appellation, it 

 should be composed, not only of shrubs which grace the 

 landscape with the beauty of their foliage, but should like- 

 wise have several specimens of good flowering shrubs 

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