HOW TO MAKE LAWN PICTURES I4I 



It is a very easy matter to cut these beds, and, 

 moreover, their form and proportions can be 

 determined in exact relation to each other 

 and to the surroundings. 



In starting to make beds on an already 

 established lawn they should be outlined by 

 stout wooden stakes, driven into the ground. 

 These can be adjusted and moved until the 

 area to be converted suits the eye. Use stout 

 wooden stakes about twelve inches long, 

 sharpened at one end, and preferably un- 

 painted. When the stakes have been driven 

 into position a cord can be drawn all around 

 them, which will mark the outline of the fu- 

 ture bed. Another advantage from working 

 in this way is that the grass can be taken up 

 in the form of turf and used to patch up any 

 irregularities that have occurred in other parts 

 of the lawn. 



The form and outline having been deter- 

 mined, the line can be cut around by plunging 

 a sharp spade into it and working it forward 

 toward the inside of the bed at each thrust. 

 Digging should then commence at the centre 

 of the bed; the work gradually extending out- 

 ward in a series of circles until the whole of 

 the surface has been turned under. If this 



