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if they have to be made at the expense of 

 much excavating and banking up, means should 

 be found to conceal their artificial outlines 

 by means of shrubs, trees, or other suitable 

 screening. 



The Bowling Green — Revived interest in 

 bowls has induced some owners to install a 

 private bowling green on their ground. The 

 regulation size is forty yards square, but less 

 width is admissible if space is restricted. It 

 is usual to sink the green below the general 

 surface, and it must be truly level. The 

 sloping banks and the space adjacent to them 

 should be turfed, the former as a check to the 

 bowls, and the latter to provide a vantage 

 ground for spectators. 



The Grass Plot — I have already intimated 

 the importance of studying breadth of effect 

 in the garden. Nothing tends to destroy 

 this character so much as the injudicious 

 chopping up of the grass space. 



The shape of the grass plot is determined 

 in a large measure by the other elements of 

 the plan. Yet there are opportunities for the 

 gardener to go astray if he does not realize the 

 principle for which I am contending. Take, 



