280 GARDENING FOR WOMEN 



arc drawn the Service Lines. The marking of the part of 

 the Half-Court Line, between the Service Lines and the 

 Base Line, may be omitted, with the exception of a small 

 portion at the centre of each Base Line, as indicated in 

 the plans. 



The plan here given is not the most generally used, but 

 it may be the best adapted to the ground or to the require- 

 ments of the owner of the garden. 



For the three-handed and four handed games, the court 

 is 36 feet in width. Within the Side -Lines, at a distance 

 of 4i feet from them, and parallel with them, are drawn 

 the Service Side Lines. In other respects, the court is 

 similar to that which is described for a single-handed 

 game (Fig. 1). 



Fig. 2 is the plan most generally used in private grounds ; 

 it is usual to continue the " Service Side Lines as far as 

 the Base-Lines, as shown in the dotted line B in the plan. 



Keep the net loose from the posts when the ground is 

 not used. For instructions as to the rolling, mowing, 

 and general treatment of lawns, croquet and tennis courts, 

 read Sutton's " Management of Lawns." 



The following is the best way of making a mixture for 

 marking boundary lines upon grass courts. Dissolve 

 ordinary lump whitening in water, and use it when it is 

 about the consistency of cream. A tumbler of milk or a 

 small quantity of builders' size, mixed with it, will preserve 

 the lines from being washed out and destroyed by rain. 

 The mixture is made in a pail or watering pot, and the 

 tank of the marking machine is filled from it. After using 

 the washer, the whitening should be emptied, and the 



