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some kind of skeleton idea of what he would 

 like his garden to be. His next step should 

 be to lay down on paper a plan of his garden 

 site to scale., say one eighth of an inch to a 

 foot, and mark on it the house, indicating 

 the position of the doors back and front, or 

 at the sides, as the case may be. He should 

 then add an arrow to show the north point, 

 to remind him, in the course of his work, of the 

 direction in which the maximum amount of 

 sunlight will fall. The gate by which the 

 premises are entered from the roadway must 

 be marked in its proper position. This much 

 accomplished, the gardener will have before 

 him in bird's-eye view the main factors that 

 should control his planning. 



If he has decided to grow vegetables, he 

 may at once rule off on the paper as much 

 space as he wishes to devote to that purpose. 

 Usually this will be situated at that part of 

 the garden remote from the house, and there 

 are excellent practical reasons for it occupying 

 that position. The division should be at 

 right angles to the garden's length in a garden 

 with parallel sides, even though the end fence 

 or wall is oblique. Irregularity in the shape 



