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secures that effect of contrast with the flowers, 

 to which I have just alluded. 



There is no need to make the grass level, 

 if the ground is not naturally so ; rather let 

 it follow the natural slope of the surface, 

 thereby helping to destroy the idea of formality, 

 besides acting more efficiently in draining 

 away the rain water, which on a level plot 

 will always form puddles. 



Now as to walks. The paths should be 

 laid down with but one object in view, to give 

 ready access to the flowers. They need not 

 be wide expanses of gravel, but wide enough 

 only to admit of two persons walking abreast, 

 say from 2 ft. 6 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. across. 



Not an inch of path should be allowed which 

 does not lead somewhere. 



Economy . of space demands that the path 

 should exist for utility alone. No considera- 

 tions of symmetry, or of what is common and 

 customary, should be permitted to influence 

 the gardener. 



The usual go and return path is a woeful 

 waste of ground in a small garden. 



