Garden planning and planting . FIG. 2.—QUARTER ACRE GARDEN French Beans and Scarlet Runners uparches near the kitchen entrance, anda similarly situated border. Fig. 1 showssloping bit of ground : there is an original shaped terrace builton the round, with level grass plots next the house preferred these plots could be paved or tiled, which would givemore the usual terrace appearance, and along the stone railingmight be stone urns for plants, at intervals, or at the ends and HALF ACRE GARDENS 45. 46 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING against the steps. On the sloping grass banks below, cree
Garden planning and planting . FIG. 2.—QUARTER ACRE GARDEN French Beans and Scarlet Runners uparches near the kitchen entrance, anda similarly situated border. Fig. 1 showssloping bit of ground : there is an original shaped terrace builton the round, with level grass plots next the house preferred these plots could be paved or tiled, which would givemore the usual terrace appearance, and along the stone railingmight be stone urns for plants, at intervals, or at the ends and HALF ACRE GARDENS 45. 46 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING against the steps. On the sloping grass banks below, creepingroses could be planted, and partly supported against the railings,partly allowed to trail downwards. I would not have any otherflowers there except Crocuses in the turf. Sloping BiOse-beds would catch the full sunshine, and bush-trees thus massed give a finer display from a slight distance thanthose upon a level, but the slope should be gentle, and the strongest-growing varieties must not be cultivated here but reserved for theborders under the windows, in front of actual climbers. Theflowering shrubs on the opposite side of the steps might beDeutzias, Spiraeas, Weigelas, White Broom, and Cotoneasters; theChrysanthemums would look best carpeted by Violas. A sundialis shown ; this must be of stone, to match the railings, and ifmounted high on two or three steps would be visible from allsides ; only Pinks and Carnations are planted close by, their greygreen foliage serving also to isolate the di
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