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ovals at regular distances, so as to form con¬ 
tinually changing vistas to the spectator who 
walks through them, will have a much better 
effect than any geometric figure, the parts 
composing which appear ridiculous when 
disjointed. Whatever figures may be adopt¬ 
ed, as soon as they have been sketched on 
paper, each bed should be coloured; to try 
what arrangement of colours will be best 
suited to the form of the beds, &c. The 
colours, of course, should be those usually 
found in flowers: for example, yellow, scarlet, 
blue, pink, orange, and purple; and they 
should be arranged, not only with a view 
to effect, but with regard to the practicability 
of filling the beds with suitable flowers. 
The colours above mentioned may, however, 
generally be procured, and a bed of white 
flowers may be added at pleasure wherever 
it may appear necessary. 
The forms of the beds having been de¬ 
cided on, the next step is to mark them on 
the ground, and this is done in several 
different ways. One is by covering the 
figure with squares, and then forming much 
larger squares with pack-thread over the 
