50 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



In some cases it looks well if each bed has an edging 

 of eighteen inches of turf round it. This slopes upwards 

 from the path to the beds, because the beds themselves 



are built up high, 

 which is always so 

 much more effective 

 than quite flat ones. 

 In a garden given 

 over to specimen 

 plants, or where 

 FIG. 42. separate beds of 



plants are needed to 



cut from, it is a good plan to have them facing south, in 

 front of a high wall. On the wail fruit can be grown, 

 and by leaving a narrow path in front of these fruit- 

 trees they can be pruned and tended without interfering 

 in any way with the reserve beds. Each small plot has 

 a narrow path near it, giving 

 access to a wide gravel walk. 

 If it is required to make the 

 garden look pretty a neat box- 

 edging will do so. About four 

 feet is a convenient width for 

 the beds, in one of which can 

 be treasured plants from South 



Africa, and in another rare lilies, etc. It is advisable 

 not to make reserve beds too large, and I would suggest 

 three-feet wide ones as being convenient for violets, for 

 a lady can stretch across easily and pick the flowers. 



A very handsome reserve garden could be arranged 

 like Fig. 44. The elaborate circular waves that form the 

 decoration at the four corners would look best planted 

 with lavender, rosemary, or some permanent evergreen 

 bush. All other beds would be used to cut from, and 

 could be gay with many different colours. 



