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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
to work from, reduce it by 4. Mark out 
15 inches by 5 inches, and draw your plan. 
As long as you keep in mind that each quarter 
of an inch represents a yard, you will, by the 
aid of your foot-rule, obtain a tolerable work- 
ing drawing for laying out your ground. 
When it comes to the actual work, you will 
find a 4-foot rod and a line with iron pegs 
necessary, especially for making a circle. 
Supposing you wish a round to be 12 feet 
across — unwind 6 feet of your line and drive 
the peg securely into the ground just where 
the centre should be. Then, with the line 
pulled tight, walk round at the full length of 
your 6-foot tether, and mark the circle as you 
go with pegs or sticks. A little practice and 
it will soon be easy to work with a line. The 
assistance of a practical gardener is a great help 
in the purely mechanical part of laying out 
a garden. 
Sufficient use is not made in England of 
trellis work ( treillage ). It was used with 
wonderful effect in France in the days of 
Watteau, and helps many a town garden out 
of the commonplace, and to this day is still 
used a great deal by our French neighbours. 
An ugly brick wall with a trellis of right 
design covering it, sometimes with pilaster and 
