How to manage a Garden 



general effect of both systems being thus clearly seen. 

 Where the strong cause of utility must have supreme sway 

 as in the vegetable garden where much carting and 

 barrow work must be done curving paths would be 

 altogether out of place. 



The Composition of a Walk. 



It is known to most people that marking out the walks 

 is one of the first operations in the making of a garden ; 



FIG. 40. Walk winding without reason. 

 G Grass. 



FIG. 41. Reasons for winding a walk. 

 A Water. B Beds. C Grass. D Trees. E. Shrubs. 



and for this reason there can be no excuse if they are not 

 properly arranged and formed. Now we have a fairly 

 large range of choice before us in the material of which 

 our paths are to be made. The walk may be composed of 



