Garden planning and planting . FIG 6 FIG. 1 Beds with curved outlines are, of course, more difficult to peg outand cut satisfactorily than are those with straight lines and points,but any gardener can perform the work if he takes pains enough. Itis best to use a number of small white pegs, and when accuratemeasurements have been made these should be placed atintervals of 2 or 3 inchesuntil the design is known tobe quite accurate. Often afinal measuring will revealinaccuracies, so when thesehave been rectified the cut-ting out of turf or the forkingup of gravel should be designs may
Garden planning and planting . FIG 6 FIG. 1 Beds with curved outlines are, of course, more difficult to peg outand cut satisfactorily than are those with straight lines and points,but any gardener can perform the work if he takes pains enough. Itis best to use a number of small white pegs, and when accuratemeasurements have been made these should be placed atintervals of 2 or 3 inchesuntil the design is known tobe quite accurate. Often afinal measuring will revealinaccuracies, so when thesehave been rectified the cut-ting out of turf or the forkingup of gravel should be designs may any ofthem be set in a round orsquare of gravel or grass, oroccupy positions in lawncorners. An original long bed isshown by Fig. 5 (p. 60). Thepattern is admirable for alarge lawn bed, since thegrass mower can be taken allround it. Perhaps it looks. FIC. 2 60 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING
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