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is properly done the contour of the bed will be 

 almost perfect and can be easily finished off 

 by means of the garden rake. Of course it 

 would be well to spread manure over the grass 

 before it is dug under. 



The edges of the bed should be protected 

 by flat boards which will take the tread of the 

 workmen, and also keep the grass clean. The 

 grass that is turned under should be buried, 

 if possible a foot below the surface, where it 

 will soon rot and add to the humus of the soil. 

 There need be no fear that the grass will grow 

 and make a weedy bed. 



HOW TO SHAPE THE BEDS 



Beds of regular form can easily be marked 

 out by means of a stake and line. Thus, to 

 make a circular bed, drive a stake in the centre, 

 and with a noosed cord — the noose being 

 slipped over the stake, and the cord of a 

 length equal to half the diameter of the de- 

 sired bed — the outline can be scratched on 

 the grass. Use another sharply pointed 

 stake or an iron rod for scratching this out- 

 line, and cut the outline deeper by means of 

 an edging iron or spade. 



