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garden with a circuit path so beloved by 

 suburban dwellers. Let one or more of the 

 sides join a border, where grass and flowers 

 would come into juxtaposition. Even let 

 the border thrust out an extension into the 

 grass in the manner suggested in the early 



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Fig. 9. The grouping of beds 



part of this chapter. But beware of fretting 

 your principal grass plot into a thing of ragged 

 outline by overdoing this procedure, and do 

 not pierce it with a multitude of little beds. 

 Remember also that the simpler in shape your 

 grass plot, the less difficulty you will experience 

 in mowing it and keeping it trim and neat. 



