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GARDEN PLANNING 



ing in the previous case applies to this one 

 also. As water gardening is never likely 

 to engage the attention of more than a minority 

 of gardeners I need not multiply examples. 

 The hints I have already given will prove suffi- 

 ciently instructive to those who may wish to 

 avail themselves of the possibilities of a stream 

 accessible from the garden. 



I shall now refer to a type of water garden 

 which is frankly artificial and depends for its 

 water supply on the kitchen tap or the pump. 

 This last condition demands that we should 

 study economy of water, and that can best 

 be done by devising what I may call a cir- 

 culating system. 



The first consideration will be the planning 

 of the ponds (for such they are) and in that we 

 must be guided by the levels in our garden and 

 our desires in the matter of water area. 



If there is a distinct slope in the garden 

 surface, so much the better; it will help us 

 to a simple arrangement for running off the 

 water, as must be done from time to time 

 to keep our ponds clean and their tenants 

 in healthy condition. 



The waste or overflow from the pond or 



