Practical landscape gardening : with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art : with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out grounds . A, House; B, Stable; C, Kitchen-gar-den ; D, Flower-lawn; E, Orchard; F,raviUon. 198 PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. Fig. 7. The house is surrounded by a grove ofForest trees; the Carriage-road turns from the gateto the left; at the right, the ground is falling,making an approach road impossible. There areFig- 7. D three leading scenes to be remarked in thisPlan: The Grove
Practical landscape gardening : with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art : with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out grounds . A, House; B, Stable; C, Kitchen-gar-den ; D, Flower-lawn; E, Orchard; F,raviUon. 198 PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. Fig. 7. The house is surrounded by a grove ofForest trees; the Carriage-road turns from the gateto the left; at the right, the ground is falling,making an approach road impossible. There areFig- 7. D three leading scenes to be remarked in thisPlan: The Grove sur-rounding the house;the Evergreen drive,from the gate to thehouse; and the Foot-entrance walk, whichwinds through a massof shrubbery and flow-ers. The belt whichis to hide the fence,may be composed oftaller trees and shrubs, A, House; B, Grove of Forest trees; C, {^ those plaCCS whcre Front-entrance ; D, Back-entrance ; E, Sta-ble; F, Front lawn. no outside Yiew is wished. In other places, where distant views aredesirable, smaller shrubs are selected. The Ever-greens are grouped together to show to best Shrubbery and Flowers, on the opposite side,. THE PLEASURE-GROUND. 199 Fis;. 8.
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