250 THE FLOWER-GARDEN. [chap. VIII. 
ground; that part of the outline of the figure 
contained in each of the small squares is 
then to be transferred to the corresponding 
large square, by tracing it on the ground 
with the point of a stick. When the pattern 
is regular, it is sometimes marked on the 
ground by stretching a garden-line from one 
point to another by means of pegs. When 
this line is so arranged as to form the proper 
figure, it is chalked, and made to thrill be¬ 
tween the pegs, so as to transfer the chalk in 
the proper lines to the ground. When cir¬ 
cles are to be traced, it is done by first fixing 
a stake in the centre, and then forming a 
loop at the end of a cord, and putting it over 
the stake. One end of the cord being thus 
fastened to the stake, the other end should 
be stretched out to the extremity of the 
radius or half-diameter of the circle, and a 
short pointed stick should be tied to it, with 
which, the circle may be traced all round. 
An oval is made by tracing two circles, the 
outer edge of one of which just touches the 
centre of the other; a short line is then 
drawn at the top, and another at the bottom, 
and this, when the central lines are oblite- 
