PLANNING AND PLANTING THE GARDEN 



exit. Nearly all designs show some central place 

 for observation of the work carried on in all parts 

 of the garden. This may be either the center of 

 the garden itself for pergola, arbor or shelter, or 

 else some commanding point from which a view 

 of the whole may be had. From such, the plots 

 are laid out in straight lines giving rise to larger 



Courtesy oj Xnlional .Associalion 0} Audubon SociflUs 



A Garden Should have a Bird-box 



squares or rectangles, or they may be made to 

 radiate from the center. Re ctangula r plots are 

 preferable to round ones, as they can be worked 

 more easily from the paths; also because they 

 more readily become component units of a whole. 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 218 approves a garden plot 

 5x16 feet as most readily worked without need 



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