MAKING BEDS AND BORDERS 8 1 



forms, which are prodigal of margin but 

 enclose comparatively little flower spaceo 



Of the forms of bed in general use, and 

 admissible on practical and artistic grounds, 

 I give some examples, omitting the circle, 

 square, and rectangle as sufficiently indicated 

 by their names. 



Fig. 14 — Shapes of beds 



It is obvious that some of these are suitable 

 only as components of a group, by reason of 

 their unsymmetrical character. 



Beds are placed either singly or in groups. 

 In the former case it is well to select a shape 

 which bears some relation to the outlines of 



