PLANNING AND PLANTING THE GARDEN 



perhaps only once a week. A little water only 

 helps to start evaporation and consequent loss of 

 ground moisture by capillarity and is worse than 

 none. If there is to be a water supply, try to 

 locate it centrally and have a basin of stone work. 



Plot 4X8 feet. 



W. 



S. 



Label 



N. 



D 



Path 18' 



E. 



Plan of Planting used by Teachers' Class, Henry G. Parsons, 



Instructor, 



New York University, Summer of iqo8 



however amateurish, to catch the spilled water 

 and soak it up so as to prevent wet feet and pud- 

 dles. A 4-inch hydrant will furnish good working 

 force, if fitted with two or more cocks for inch or 

 two-inch hose. The hose itself had best be one- 



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