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GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING 
besides ; in other words, a stout cord that will not stretch. If 
possible, get one long enough to extend the entire side of the 
lot, then fasten an iron hammock ring at each end to prevent 
the line from slipping or by chance from being twitched out of 
one’s grasp, — for these provoking little incidents sometimes 
LINES THAT DO NOT SLIP 
do happen. The rings will readily slip over two corner stakes 
and hold the line steady while intermediate measurements 
are being taken. They can also be used to hang up the line 
by, when these measuring days are happily over. It is a good 
plan to knot or otherwise mark on the cord certain definite 
distances, such as the width of paths and beds, so that these 
may be located with the least possible trouble, 
