A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



the frequent occupation of those chairs began to 

 leave its mark upon the grass, worn spots appeared, 

 and as I considered a remedy for this an experi- 

 ment flashed to mind. Why not, said I, take the 

 note from the small brick sill which marked the 

 ending of gravel walk and the beginning of grass 

 — why not lay a little platform of brick below the 

 chairs ? Then why not give this platform a little 

 design ? Two large deutzias were then taken out 

 to make more room, the apple boughs lifted a 

 little and tied into position by means of heavy 

 twine, with lengths of old garden hose around the 

 bough itself, and a fan-shaped space lay below to 

 be paved. 



The line was carefully marked — the flat side of 

 the open fan next the garden, the curve outside 

 toward the lawn, the brick laid herring-bone in 

 sand; at once the tree shadows found a lovely 

 background for themselves in the warm tones of 

 the brick, and then a little decorative planting 

 suggested itself. Six plants of Evonymus vegetus, 

 lusty and shining, were brought from a border, 

 where they were really wasting themselves, and 

 set around the curves of the platform to be staked 

 and trained as a low evergreen hedge perhaps a 

 foot high. Below this, and close to the edge of 



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