10 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



windings and turns of these same walks must determine the real 

 shape and more distant appearance of the whole Rose garden. 



Two kinds of formality can be carried out, according to indi- 

 vidual taste : the stiff formal, which is quaint and old-fashioned ; 

 the curved formal, which gives a series of shapes that are matching 

 but not of sharp angles. Perhaps the reason why straight lines and 



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sharp corners appear in so many gardens lies in the extra skill 

 required to plan out paths and beds with curves ; nowadays, how- 

 ever, the average talent of gardeners is so much higher than of old, 

 that to create a graceful rosery will be possible to all who are willing 

 to take sufficient trouble. Pegging out and measuring should be 

 most precise, and entirely accomplished with mathematical accuracy, 

 on the well dug ground, before other processes are begun. 



A combination of grass and gravel gives a pleasing result 



