CHAPTER XII 



LAYING OUT THE GARDEN 



Tools needed to lay out the garden. 



Tape measure, 50 or 100 feet long. 



Straight stick, g l / 2 feet long, marked at 4 8 g l / 2 



feet. 

 Nine strong stakes, 18 inches long, for permanent 



marks. 

 Several dozen small sticks a foot long for temporary 



marks. 



Two (or more) garden lines the length of the garden. 

 Hatchet or mallet. 

 Hoes rakes spades. 



The plan, when followed in detail, has so many 

 advantages, which have been thoroughly tested for 

 eight years, that it is given here complete. 



The photographs and drawings show the principal 

 parts, viz. : The attractive center, like a flower bed 

 or summer house two large central paths, at right 

 angles with each other, dividing the Garden into 

 quarters, which contain the children's plots. On the 

 outer border of the Garden observation plots for 

 beauty and information. Between the observation 



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