PLANNING OF THE GARDEN 33 
place with such trees as are only befitting in copses 
or broad woodland areas. In cases that really 
demand a continuous hedge or screen, Tamarix, 
Escallonia, Laurustinus, or the beautiful and fragrant 
Penzance Briers, which will make a grand hedge if 
given the support of a few posts and wires, are quite 
capable of fulfilling the requirements of a hedge, and 
will delight us with gay blossoms instead of the 
eternal and monotonous green of Privet and Laurel. 
The Small Town Garden 
Where the garden is the orthodox oblong of limited 
area hemmed in by a wall or wooden fence, some 
thought should be given to the arrangement of paths 
in relation to the situation of borders and beds. 
The common error is to make a narrow border at 
the foot of each fence with a pathway to separate 
the border from the central bed. By this arrange- 
ment we get borders in which half the soil misses 
the benefit of rain and gets a minimum of light and 
air ; whereas the paths where nothing grows get 
the full benefit of both. It must be agreed that it 
would be very much better to utilize the space where 
sunlight and air are at the minimum for pathways, 
thus leaving the more open area at the disposal of 
beds. Objection may be raised to this plan on the 
ground that by running the borders up to the 
fences the bareness and ugliness of the latter may be 
hidden by tall-growing plants. This, however, can 
be rectified by nourishing the ground before the 
