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Fig. 8. — ^Walks, etc. — Ground Plan. 



For a plot with parallel boundary lines, the. accompanying 

 design (fig. 8) is one of the simplest and yet most effective which 

 I have ever seen. By examining, it will be observed that the 

 center is a simple circle from which four beds are formed, and 

 from outside of that the paths and beds are made to accom- 

 modate natural lines of travel, which the position of the house, 

 being on the side where stands the vase, and the opening in the 

 opposite hedge seems to demand. Planting these separate beds 

 with masses of flowers, each of a distinct color, produces a 

 constant feature of interest and attraction. The shaded line is a 

 hedge, having a passway to visit the next occupant of a lot. 



