260 GARDEN DESIGN 



first attention. Spring planting is possible for 

 most things, and even preferable for evergreens 

 and herbaceous stuff in heavy soils, but roses 

 never do well their first year, unless put in in 

 Autumn. If not planted while the ground is still 

 warm evergreens should in any case be held over 

 until severe frosts, and the bitter March winds 

 have finished . Every tree and standard rose should 

 be staked at the time of planting. A few hours 

 swaying in wind does serious damage to the roots. 



With levelling, grass sowing and planting done, 

 the garden begins to assume its character, and the 

 ideal thing is to arrive at this stage by the end of 

 November. Path making is less obstructed by 

 bad weather than other operations, and during the 

 winter it can go on without much loss of time. The 

 kitchen garden can also be trenched and manured, 

 and the greenhouses and other structures erected. 



After the hard core of the paths is broken up 

 and in position, and the gullies set, any tile edgings 

 should be laid, and gripped into place by the hard 

 core at the side, and if all planting, and wheeling 

 of soil is over, the gravel may go down. Gravelling 

 is always the final operation, for if the paths are 

 allowed to become in any way messy the appear- 

 ance of the work greatly suffers. 



The garden designer needs to keep a close and 

 constant watch on the work, not only to see that 

 the plan and specification are honestly followed, 

 for this is his foreman's duty, but in order to make 



