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about the grass verge, under which term 

 may be included the strips which separate bed 

 from bed in a group. These should always have 

 parallel sides and 

 a minimum width 

 of eighteen inches. 

 Two feet is better 

 if space permits. 



When a garden 

 plot is situated 

 onsloping ground, 

 if the slope is 

 slight only, it is 

 better to let the 



garden follow it ^.^^ ^g.-Beds in relation to grass 



than to attempt ^^^p^^ 



levelling, provided that no considerable space 



is to be reserved for tennis or croquet. 



On ground of irregular contours the irregu- 

 larities may call for modification, or they 

 may be entirely desirable as affording oppor- 

 tunity for variety in the general treatment of 

 the garden, according to the particular views 

 of the garden ov/ner. Whenever the character 

 of the ground is such as to leave certain spaces 

 in the form of hollows, these hollows should 



