14 Villa Gardens 



garden to scale, marking on it an arrow to show 

 the north. He may then proceed to lay down 

 his beds and walks in pencil lines, feeling his 

 way to a convenient arrangement as the work 

 proceeds. He will find it a help to examine the 

 ground from time to time, particularly if there 

 is any marked slope, or other unusual feature to 

 be taken into consideration. 



Before his work is very far advanced, he will 

 find it useful to form some rough conception of 

 how the finished result will appear when the 

 flowers, shrubs and trees are in place. 



I shall therefore proceed in the next section 

 to offer some suggestions to guide him in that 

 part of his task. 



