Garden planning and planting . FIG. 1.—DESIGN FOR SQUARE GARDEN There is ample room for games on the lawn, and the walks areextensive. An excellent planting scheme would be this : A, HybridPerpetual Ptoses; B, Hybrid Tea roses ; C, Geraniums ; D, Verbenas ;E, Begonias ; F, Zinnias, all to be preceded by bulbs ; G, Chrysan-themums ; H, Delphiniums ; I, Phloxes; J, a small opening by vege-tables, Sweet Peas; K, a bulb border in which Lilies and Mont- 36 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING bretias, Alstroemerias, Irises and Gladioli give summer flowers;L, Sunflowers, annual and perennial. Narrow Gardens
Garden planning and planting . FIG. 1.—DESIGN FOR SQUARE GARDEN There is ample room for games on the lawn, and the walks areextensive. An excellent planting scheme would be this : A, HybridPerpetual Ptoses; B, Hybrid Tea roses ; C, Geraniums ; D, Verbenas ;E, Begonias ; F, Zinnias, all to be preceded by bulbs ; G, Chrysan-themums ; H, Delphiniums ; I, Phloxes; J, a small opening by vege-tables, Sweet Peas; K, a bulb border in which Lilies and Mont- 36 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING bretias, Alstroemerias, Irises and Gladioli give summer flowers;L, Sunflowers, annual and perennial. Narrow Gardens.—Of the three plans of small narrow gardensgiven here Fig. 2 (p. 39) is suited to a very long strip, but some. FIG. 2.—DKSIGN FOR SQUARE GARDEN of it could be carried out with less ground. The series of angularlines making sharp points may be disliked by some persons ; it isnoteworthy, however, that curving lines could be substituted, butthe points give character to the whole, and not being matched butirregular do not weary the eye. The lawn could have specimen NARROW GARDENS 37 trees or shrubs, pillars, urns, beds, etc., made in it if gravel path enables the whole length to be traversed in wetweather, from home to greenhouse, without grass having to becrossed, and the summer-house is set in gravel. A quaint effectis gained by the rustic fencing at the lawn ends, with its two Rosepillars; this is the style usually seen only on terraced ground, but ischarming anywhere, and along the fence semi-climbing Roses should
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