The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . feet from the side street, on the line i. The intelligent readerwill see how easily the plan for the arrangement of trees andshrubs may be worked out in this manner throughout ; and, aftera few years growth and good care of his plantings, ought to realizeplainly the superior beauty of a well-considered %?L:s CHAPTER X, WALKS AND ROADS. IF, as we have insisted, a correct map has been made of thegrounds, with all the buildings, and the tree
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . feet from the side street, on the line i. The intelligent readerwill see how easily the plan for the arrangement of trees andshrubs may be worked out in this manner throughout ; and, aftera few years growth and good care of his plantings, ought to realizeplainly the superior beauty of a well-considered %?L:s CHAPTER X, WALKS AND ROADS. IF, as we have insisted, a correct map has been made of thegrounds, with all the buildings, and the trees already growing,marked thereon, the next work is to lay out roads or walksupon this map. First, question your wants as to where thestreet entrances or gates had better be made. This is to be de-cided principally by the direction of daily travel over them. Theyshould always be in the directions that the family go oftenest, andshould be laid out so as to connect most conveniently the street orstreets with the entrance doors of the dwelling and more walks should be made than are wanted for daily use, eitherfor business or pleasure. In small grounds, walks made merely forthe purpose of having pretty walks meandering among suppo-sitional flower-beds, convey the impression of a desire for show dis-proportionate to the means of gratifying it. Where there is anacre, or more, of ground devoted to decorative gardening, and it isintended to
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