Garden Irrigation 



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ing up minute dyke -like ridges not more than 6 

 inches wide and 4 high. These basins may be 

 arranged in a single or double chain, and the water 

 led down one side or between them. In this case, 

 again, the watering would usually begin at the lower 

 end, and with the hoe a section of the border of a 

 basin would be drawn out to act as a dam across 

 the stream, as shown in Fig. 120. The soil from 1 



Fig. 119. Plan of furrow garden flooding by successive rows. 



and 2 would be drawn around to 3, thus turning 

 the water into both beds. When these were watered, 

 the soil from 4 and 5 would be drawn around to 

 6, and the next two beds irrigated. In this manner 

 the gardener advances rapidly from bed to bed with 

 but little trouble and labor. 



THE IRRIGATION OF LAWNS AND PARKS 



It should ever be kept in mind, where shrubbery, 

 trees and grass are grown together, as is so com- 



