EXECUtlON OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES 75 





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established, when the inexperienced operator may more readily 

 lay them out. Usually, however, the planting and lawn-making 

 proceed more or less simultaneously. After the shaping of the 

 ground has been completed, the areas are marked off by stakes, 

 by a limp rope laid on 

 the surface, or by a mark 

 made with a rake handle. 

 The margin once deter- 

 mined, the lawn may be 

 seeded and rolled (Fig. 40), 

 and the planting allowed 

 to proceed as it may; or 

 the planting may all be 

 done inside the borders, 

 and the seeding then be 

 applied to the lawn. If 

 the main dimensions of the 

 borders and beds are care- 

 fully measured and marked 

 by stakes, it is an easy 

 matter to complete the outhne by making a mark with a stick or 

 rakestale. 



The planting may be done in spring or fall, — in fall pref- 

 erably if the stock is ready (and of hardy species) and the land 



74. A bowered pathway. 



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75. Objects for pity. 



in perfect condition of drainage; usually, however, things are 

 not ready early enough in the fall for any extended planting, 

 and the work is commonly done as soon as the ground settles 

 in spring (see Chapter V). Head the bushes back. Dig up the 



