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made tint such as Hooker's pale is recommended 

 as if a blend of blue and yellow has to be mixed 

 up fresh to finish off a wash there is difficulty 

 and delay in getting the shade just right. Particu- 

 lar care should be taken to lay on the green wash 

 for grass quite smooth. In reality the grass 

 sward is a setting for the broken masses of colour 

 in flower border and shrubberies, and the smooth 

 green colour on the plan may serve the same pur- 

 pose to the other painted features. 



For gravel yellow ochre or raw sienna may be 

 used the latter is a warm tint ; for flower beds 

 brown madder, Vandyke brown or raw umber ; 

 for buildings light red or Indian red. Shrubberies 

 are best painted in a blend of greens and browns 

 deeper in tone than the grass. 



As regards the actual material the old fashioned 

 water-colour cake rubbed on a china palette, or 

 back of a saucer, answers capitally. Or ordinary 

 tubes of soft paint may be used, squeezing out 

 the quantity required each time. 



Plans in plain line drawing have definite ways 

 of indicating the different parts, which can be 

 seen by examining the various plans in this book. 

 In the main the signs are the same as used by the 

 Government Ordnance Survey. 



The general finish of a plan is important. The 

 design may be good, and the drafting accurate, 

 yet most people are impressed more by the finish 

 than by the solid virtues. This is not so unrea- 



