212 GARDEN DESIGN 



paring a reference table. The squares automatic- 

 ally make spacing easy. The beds should be 

 divided into ten feet sections, and in mixed 

 shrubbery beds where standard trees occur it is 

 a help to mark these in a different coloured ink. 



When the time arrives for the actual planting 

 to be done, a piece of ground should be set aside 

 to heel in the stuff as it comes in from the various 

 nurseries. A shrubbery bed may be set apart for 

 this purpose, and where planting is on a large 

 scale I have found it a help to mark divisions A, B 

 and so on, and to sort the stuff before heeling it in. 

 Much time may be thus saved in picking out plants, 

 and less turning over is required. Moreover if 

 the weather destroys the nurserymen's labels the 

 bundles of roots can be more easily identified. 

 The beds are staked out in 10 ft. sections to cor- 

 respond with the plan and the more prominent 

 features should be planted first as an additional 

 help to spacing the rest. 



SHRUBBERIES AND TREE PLANTING 



SHRUBBERIES are far too often used merely to fill 

 up odd corners, otherwise out of the general 

 scheme. Shrubs have as much right in a garden 

 as flowers and fruit trees, and their position should 

 be as deliberately chosen, and individual wants 

 considered. Rhododendrons and azaleas are about 



