BORDERS 67 
A border, preferably a double one along the path 
leading up to the entrance to the house, is another 
good leaf from the book of cottage gardens. This 
may be of equal width the entire distance, or agree- 
ably varied by a distinct broadening at one or both 
ends—at the house end only if it does not extend 
to the gate, or sidewalk line. Again it may be va- 
ried by being made L—shaped on one or both sides, 
the arm being an extension along the house wall; 
widen the elbow a little to reduce the angularity at 
that point. 
Or the front yard scheme may be extended to 
two rectangular borders, the remaining boundaries 
being as near the side limits of the home plot as 
seems practicable. Leave a break in the border 
near the house for entrance from the path. Where 
space is abundant and more flowers are desired, 
make the border a double one all around, or part 
way, by a continuance of the path within the 
grounds. Inside the rectangles have only lawn, 
with shrubs or small trees if there is room. 
A border along the driveway is sometimes quite 
enough for a small place. One that comes to mind 
for its fitness uses up the entire space between the 
road and the boundary line. It is six feet wide 
until the road takes a turn inward; then it broadens 
and ends with a rounded effect. Another, that has 
the drawback of a brief season of bloom, is simply 
a four-foot strip of German irises that follows the 
several curves of a driveway its entire length. 
Then there is the border that defines one or two 
