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CHILDREN'S GARDENS 
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paths were gravelled, and the beds, which you 
see by the design were of various regular 
shapes, were edged by box. Now a garden 
like this requires a very great deal of care and 
attention ; perhaps that is one of its charms; 
but it also has a great many disadvantages. 
Some of its merits are that the beds are small, and 
MINIATURE FORMAL GARDEN 
little hands and short arms can reach all over, 
and so can tend and weed them with ease. 
If the ground was very uneven, children should 
try and make it level. This would be hard 
work, and take them some time; but, with care, 
it could be done. The holes would have to 
be filled up with earth taken off the highest 
mounds. If the garden was all on a slope, 
