PREPARATION OF THE DESIGN 73 



tape to the boundary. If a uniform distance be 

 adopted it need not be noted more than once. 

 Any feature such as a fine tree or a gate is noted 

 as opposite the figure on the tape. Offsets should 

 not be longer than 12 ft. By forming another tri- 

 angle two more lines are laid from which offsets 

 can be taken, 

 and this is 

 more accurate 

 than using long 

 offsets. 



The following 

 example where 

 the actual boun- 

 daries are ob- 

 tained from ar- 

 tificially placed 

 points is often 

 seen when alter- 

 ing an old gar- 

 den. One may 

 be asked to deal 

 with a piece 

 of lawn of no 



particular shape, and yet its exact dimensions 

 have to be determined. Diagram 20 is an example 

 of such a problem. Shrubberies and herbaceous 

 borders of sinuous outline partially surround a 

 piece of lawn, and at one end it runs out into the 

 main termis courts. As an open space it is mean- 



DlAGRAM 20. 



