10 MANUAL OF GARDENING 
adjust themselves readily to the varying contours of the place 
itself, and the location of the features inside the grounds will 
depend also in. a very large measure on the objects that lie 
outside it. For example, all interesting 
and bold views should be brought into the 
place, and all unsightly objects in the im- 
mediate vicinity should be planted out. 
A plan of a back yard of a narrow city 
lot is given in Fig. 2, showing the heavy 
border planting of trees and shrubs, with 
the skirting border of flowers. In the 
front are two large trees, that are desired 
for shade. It will readily be seen from this 
plan how extensive the area for flowers 
becomes when they are placed along such 
a devious border. More color effect can 
2. Diagram ofa back be got from such an arrangement of the 
ate flowers than could be secured if the whole 
area were planted to flower-beds. 
A contour map plan of a very rough piece of ground is shown 
in Fig. 3. The sides of the place are high, and it becomes 
necessary to carry a walk through the 
middle area; and on either side of 
the front, it skirts the banks. Such 
a plan is usually unsightly on paper, 
but may nevertheless fit special cases 
very well. The plan is inserted here 
for the purpose of illustrating the fact 
that a plan that will work on the 
ground does not necessarily work on 
a map. 3. Plan of a rough area. 
In charting a place, it is important to locate the points from 
which the walks are to start, and at which they are to emerge 
from the grounds. These two points are then joined by direct 
