PREPARATION OF THE DESIGN 107 



Planting including labour. Herbaceous borders, 

 is. 6d. per sq. yd. Rose gardens, is. 6d. per 

 sq. yd. Shrubberies, is. per sq. yd. Rock 

 gardens, 2s. 6d. per sq. yd. 

 These prices give a complete furnishing of or- 

 dinary plants. 



Specimen trees, 2s. 6d. each. Box edging 

 including labour, lod. a yd. Garden edgings, 

 is. 3^. a yd. 



Another way of taking out labour is to reckon 

 the area at $d. per sq. yd., in ordinary soils where 

 the work is quite straightforward. 



WORKING OUT THE DESIGN 



THE process of working out the design may now 

 be considered. First there is the plotting of the 

 ground with the house and other incidents, and 

 these, if not to be touched by him may be inked 

 in at once, and then they will not be affected by 

 pencil work round them. Levels, where known, 

 are figured at their proper stations. 



Possibly a terrace can be arranged and some 

 effort is worth making to secure one ; both house 

 and garden profit by even the slightest elevation. 

 On flat land the earth from the foundations may 

 be sufficient to raise a platform 18 in. on one side 

 of the house, and even this slight elevation gives 

 a feeling of dryness and stability. But this can- 

 riot be done without the co-operation of the archi- 



