72 CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



the center of the path. Repeat on the path running 

 east and west. 



It will be found useful to have heavy stakes for 

 marks at the following points. One where the center 

 lines cross. One at the outer end of each of the 

 center cross lines. One at each of the four corners 

 of the rectangle. Nine in all. The marks can be 

 made permanent by sinking these stakes flush with 

 the surface of the ground. 



The individual plots should now be marked out 

 by making the small paths which are to divide them. 

 Begin at the north end of the garden and place small 

 stakes where the paths are to be. Use the tape line. 

 Start to measure from the center of the middle path. 

 Allow two feet to the edge of the first plot, four feet 

 for the width of the plot, eighteen inches for the 

 small path, four feet for the next plot, eighteen inches 

 for the next path, and repeat for as many plots as 

 there are to be. 



Repeat the measuring and placing of small stakes 

 at the south end of the garden. Connect the stakes 

 with long garden lines drawn taut, and have the paths 

 tramped down and the edges marked permanently 

 with spades and the backs of rakes. Two lines should 

 be used in marking each path. Make all the small 

 paths north and south first. When they are marked 

 out, make the small paths east and west. Repeat- 

 ing the measuring, as before. Start from the center 

 of the main path running east and west. Allow two 

 feet to the edge of the plot, eight feet for the length 



