HOW TO MAKE LAWN PICTURES 



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The staking of a square bed is simplicity 

 itself. All that is necessary being four stakes 

 and two true edged boards with which right 

 angles can be marked. In this case begin 

 from one corner driving the stake until it 

 is standing squarely in the ground, then lay 

 one of the boards alongside it, and, measuring 

 off the required distance for the side of the 

 bed, drive another stake. Without removing 

 the first board lay the other one against it at 

 right angles, outside of the stake, and proceed 

 in the same manner until the four sides are 

 marked. 



Except in public places, in close proximity 



to buildings, and 

 even often in such 

 situations also, the 

 ellipse will give a 

 much more satis- 

 factory bed than 

 the true circle, and 

 it can be made just 

 as easily. Here 

 is the method: If 

 only the major 

 axis be known, 

 mark that on the 



AB is the major axis of the ellipse. 

 Divide this line into three equal parts, 

 at D and C. With D as centre and 

 distance DA, describe the arc of the 

 circle GAJ. With C as centre and 

 distance CB, describe the similar arc 

 KBH. At the points E and F (where 

 these circles intersect), as centre, de- 

 scribe the arcs JK and GH. 



