102 GARDEN DESIGN 



help to the written words, and the designer should 

 practise himself in putting his ideas on paper. 

 An estimate of probable cost can also be supplied 

 at this stage. 



He has also to guard against alterations arising 

 from his own changes of mind. Unalterable 

 features such as house and boundaries can be 

 inked in at once, but the whole design, details and 

 all, should be worked out in pencil before inking 

 any of it.. .-After inking in the paper may be 

 cleaned up with, rubber, or stale breadcrumbs, 

 t.o remove, all signs of correction and trials, leav- 

 ing the outline standing clear ready for the next 

 process the tracing. 



The client, if he desires, receives a tracing on 

 tough paper, highly finished, but the plan which 

 serves the work has to be able to stand hard wear 

 and weather. It is taken off on tracing linen, and 

 finished completely except for colouring, of which 

 just enough should be used to guide the eye quickly 

 to the various parts. For instance, the gravel 

 might be painted, but flower beds and grass, being 

 large masses, might be merely outlined in colour. 

 Tracing cloth is uncomfortable stuff to work on 

 owing to its slippery surface. A hot iron, or 

 rubbing with india-rubber makes the ink take 

 better. Painting is done on the back side of the 

 linen, and the colour must be put on much stronger 

 than when painting on the right side. 



