CHAPTER VIII 
TWO-COTTAGE GARDENS, WITH PLANTING 
PLANS AND INSTRUCTION FOR GROWING 
WATER-LILIES IN TUBS 
THERE is a still smaller garden than those dealt with 
in the previous chapter—viz., that usually accompany- 
ing semi-detached cottages. In response to several 
inquiries the Editor of The Garden some time since 
asked me to suggest designs for planning and planting 
them. Two typical and existing sites were taken and 
distinct designs furnished for each. These gardens, 
it should be understood, are only 25 feet wide, so that 
every inch of space is valuable. The plans, and the 
notes thereon that appeared with them, are now repro- 
duced. 
HINTS FOR DESIGNING VERY SMALL GARDENS 
It has been suggested to us that plans for laying out 
very small gardens belonging to semi-detached cot- 
tages would be useful, and we have therefore asked 
Mr. Dillistone, who, of course, is generally occupied 
with much larger designs, to furnish the following : 
A question often asked is, ‘‘ What can be done with 
a garden about 60 feet or 70 feet long and 25 feet or 
30 feet wide ?’’—such gardens, in fact, as are provided 
with the usual semi-detached suburban villa. Quoting 
from a letter recently received, ‘‘ Now this is the most 
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