EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES 



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established, when the inexperienced operator may more readily 

 lay them out. Usually, however, the planting and lawn-making 

 proceed more or less simultaneously. After the shaping of the 

 ground has been completed, the areas are marked off by stakes, 

 by a limp rope laid on 

 the surface, or by a mark 

 made with a rake handle. 

 The margin once deter- 

 mined, the lawn may be 

 seeded and rolled (Fig. 40), 

 and the planting allowed 

 to proceed as it may; or 

 the planting may all be 

 done inside the borders, 

 and the seeding then be 

 applied to the lawn. If 

 the main dimensions of the 

 borders and beds are care- 

 fully measured and marked 

 by stakes, it is an easy 

 matter to complete the outline by making a mark with a stick or 

 rakestale. 



The planting may be done in spring or fall, — in fall pref- 

 erably if the stock is ready (and of hardy species) and the land 



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74. A bowered pathway. 



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in perfect condition of drainage; usually, however, things are 

 not ready early enough in the fall for any extended planting, 

 and the work is commonlj^ done as soon as the ground settles 

 in spring (see Chapter V). Head the bushes back. Dig up the 



