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their conception. He will find also that he is 

 bound to observe most of them, consciously or 

 unconsciously, in planning even the smallest 

 yard or garden. For instance, it is hardly 

 necessary to caution him against setting dwarf 

 plants behind those of taller growth, and it 

 should be similarly superfluous to advise him to 

 consider color, character and season of bloom. 

 He could not progress far with his planning be- 

 fore questions would arise involving all these 

 points and, at the same time, a majority of the 

 other rules of the ten recited. 



PLAN ON PAPER 



So far as the actual work of planning is con- 

 cerned, it is best begun by obtaining paper 

 ruled to scale or else by ruling paper to use as 

 a substitute. A convenient scale is one where 

 the lines are one-eighth of an inch apart and 

 so ruled horizontally and vertically that one- 

 eighth inch squares are formed. Let each di- 

 vision thus obtained represent a square foot of 

 the yard. If the lot is fifty feet wide, there 

 should be, of course, fifty lines as long in eighths 

 as the lot is long in feet. If, however, the lot is 

 small, larger divisions with the lines farther 

 apart may be employed, or if the grounds are 



