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better that they should have that flowing 

 character of which we find the counterpart 

 in nature in the graceful lines of a bending 

 sedge or the curved stem of a flower spike. 

 Thus the planner should rely on freehand rather 

 than the compasses. 



In laying down such a curved path the novice 

 is too apt to overlook the spaces to right and 

 left. He should ever bear in mind that his 

 walks subdivide the garden space, and on the 

 course they take v/ill depend the shape of the 

 areas they bound or enclose. Thus in the case 

 of a path skirting the garden boundary the 

 amount and shape of the space between it and 

 the boundary fence must be considered. For 

 instance, it would be bad practice to leave a 

 strip too wide for a border but too narrow to 

 carry a border with grass in front of it. 



I now pass on to the third element in the 

 garden plan — the grass.' From the fore- 

 going it will be seen how closely correlated it 

 is with the other factors. 



In small gardens it is best to confine the 

 grass to a single area, though circumstances 

 may arise to make it desirable to depart from 

 this rule. In such event the second grass 



