408 GARDEN PLANNING 



To the foregoing add a 5-inch potful of bone meal and 

 the same quantity of soot to the barrow load. 



Ferns. 



Turfy loam 2 parts 



Peat, or leaf mould I part 



Sand i " 



Chrysanthemums. 



Turfy loam 3 parts 



Decayed stable manure I part 



To the above add a 5-inch potful each of bone meal 

 and soot to the barrow load. 



Carnations. 



Yellowish fibrous loam 3 parts 



Decayed farmyard manure I part 



Clean sand sufficient to keep the mixture 



friable and porous. 



Grape Fines. 



Good fibrous turf . . . . . 10 loads 



Decayed farmyard manure . . I load 



Charcoal I barrow load 



Wood ashes 2 barrow loads 



Broken bones I cwt. 



Potting Soil for General Purposes. 



Loam 2 parts 



Leaf mould . ' i part 



Sand |. * 



Decayed stable manure \ " 



GARDEN GEOMETRY 



When geometrical shapes are introduced into garden 

 details, accuracy is an important consideration, because 

 even the untrained eye resents a departure from the cor- 

 rect form. The usual shapes of beds may be laid down 

 with a few pegs, a stout cord, and a tape measure. An 



