84 GARDEN PLANNING 



a bold effect is aimed at. In most cases, how- 

 ever, nothing is gained by making a bed of 

 greater area than is represented by a circle 

 of twelve feet diameter. 



In groups of beds it is well to have a central 

 component which dominates the group. But 

 too great disparity in size between it and those 

 about it is not desirable. 



When a series of groups is to be made, as, 

 for instance, along the grass bordering a drive, 

 the same design should not be repeated in- 

 definitely. It is better to repeat it, if at all, at 

 considerable intervals, employing other designs 

 in between. The same applies to a series of 

 single beds, though monotony is not so notice- 

 able in that case, particularly if the form 

 employed is a simple one. For instance, a 

 series of equal and similar rectangular beds 

 bordering a long straight stretch of grass may 

 be quite inoffensive, but even in that case it 

 would be better to break the line at equal dis- 

 tances by making a wider interval between 

 adjacent beds at every third or fourth bed, 

 thus introducing a simple kind of grouping, 

 which always looks better than a regular series 

 like the cars of a freight train. 



