APPENDIX 



USEFUL INFORMATION FOR LADY GARDENERS 

 HINTS FOR LAYING OUT FLOWER BEDS 



A Lady Gardener may have to arrange new ornamental 

 flower beds, and a few hints about pegging out the shape 

 may be useful. It does not always follow that a design 

 for a formal flower plot works out as well in reahty as 

 it does upon paper. In order to gain a good impression 

 of what their effect will be when finished they should be 

 marked out with pegs and white tape or string tied 

 round these to show the outline of the future beds. 

 That is, if ground that has already been broken up is 

 being dealt with. 



Should, however, a wide stretch of lawn have to be 

 marked out in flower beds, a capital plan is to draw the 

 outline of them with a whitewash brush upon the grass, 

 in the same way that a lawn tennis court is marked. 

 Having ascertained that no improvement or alteration 

 will be necessary, work can then be commenced with 

 the turf cutter. 



It is convenient, for drawing circular or other beds, 

 to have a garden compass. Should this not be handy, a 

 couple of stout iron pins and a length of rope will answer 

 the purpose. 



The compass consists of a stout iron pin and a light, 

 flat rod of wood six to ten feet long, with holes drilled 

 the whole length, one inch apart. One end of the rod has 



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