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about the grass verge, under which term 

 may be included the strips which separate bed 

 from bed in a group. These should always have 

 parallel sides and 

 a minimum width 

 of eighteen inches. 

 Two feet is better 

 if space permits. 



When a garden 

 plot is situated 

 onslopingground, 

 if the slope is 

 slight only, it is 

 better to let the 

 garden follow it 

 than to attempt 

 levelling, provided that no considerable space 

 is to be reserved for tennis or croquet. 



On ground of irregular contours the irregu- 

 larities may call for modification, or they 

 may be entirely desirable as affording oppor- 

 tunity for variety in the general treatment of 

 the garden, according to the particular views 

 of the garden owner. Whenever the character 

 of the ground is such as to leave certain spaces 

 in the form of hollows, these hollows should 



Fig. 28. — Beds in relation to grass 



