Gardening in California, landscape and flower . e shall be built. This requires long andcareful study, for the ground must be visited frequently and atdifferent times of the day, in stormy weather as well as whenthe days are warm and sunny. Consideration must be given tothe views that may be enjoyed from the windows of the differentrooms, and, in connection with this, it is necessary to anticipatethe possible use to which the adjoining properties may be put,especially as to whether there is a likelihood of buildings beingerected so as to interfere with or be a blot upon expectedviews. Then if
Gardening in California, landscape and flower . e shall be built. This requires long andcareful study, for the ground must be visited frequently and atdifferent times of the day, in stormy weather as well as whenthe days are warm and sunny. Consideration must be given tothe views that may be enjoyed from the windows of the differentrooms, and, in connection with this, it is necessary to anticipatethe possible use to which the adjoining properties may be put,especially as to whether there is a likelihood of buildings beingerected so as to interfere with or be a blot upon expectedviews. Then if there are any objectionable features onneighboring properties, this is the time when the plansshould be prepared so that, in the arrangement of the build-ing and planting of the grounds, these objectionable points maybe shut off from view as much as possible. When the part of the grounds upon which the house is to bebuilt has been determined, it should be staked off with strongstakes, (say four-inch by four-inch pine), driven in three feet [2]. Gateway Shaded by Trees. The Preliminary Plans and standing five feet above the ground, so that the four cornersof the proposed house may be seen from some distance, and thatthus the effect of the building may be studied from the street, or,if the grounds are of large extent, from different points along thelines of the projected drive or walks leading to the very large grounds are to be laid out, flags set on tallpoles will be necessary to properly define the outlines when view-ing the effect from a distance, and, at this time also, the sitesfor stables and any other necessary outbuildings should bestaked off in similar way. It is hardly necessary to say that suchbuildings as the stables must be placed at the rear of the house. The house must, of course, be connected, by either a walk ordriveway or both, with the street or public road, and an entrancegateway provided at the most convenient and effective part ofthe frontage
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