The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . -. The needful works of art-—houses, walls, fences, and decorativeconstructions—belong more to the architect than to the landscapegardener, and the employment of only architects of thorough edu-cation and culture, is the policy of the citizen who wishes tomake a permanently pleasing home, and no foolish building of expensive summer-houses and arbors in ordinarysuburban places is rarely necessary. Where grounds are largeenough t
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . -. The needful works of art-—houses, walls, fences, and decorativeconstructions—belong more to the architect than to the landscapegardener, and the employment of only architects of thorough edu-cation and culture, is the policy of the citizen who wishes tomake a permanently pleasing home, and no foolish building of expensive summer-houses and arbors in ordinarysuburban places is rarely necessary. Where grounds are largeenough to make them real conveniences., the strong rustic cedar con-structions much used of late years (of which admirable examplesare to be seen in the New York Central Park), are well adaptedfor shady places away from the house and the CHAPTER IX FAULTS TO AVOID-PLAN BEFORE PLANTING. RIGID self-denial, in dispensing with many things thatseem desirable, will be found essential to the best effectand enjoyment of those home-adornments which we canafford. Limited as most men are in income; circum-scribed as their building lots usually are, and fixed by circum-stances quite different from those which would influence a choicefor landscape gardening alone, one of the most difficult lessons tolearn is, to proportion planting and expenditures to the lot andthe income. And not this alone, but to the demands of a refinedtaste, which is intolerant of excesses and vulgarity even in garden-ing. To build a larger house than the owner can use or furnish,or to lay out grounds on a more costly scale than his means willenable him to keep in good order, is a waste, and may result inmaking his place unsightly rather than a beautiful doubt the good taste of a man, whose enthusiastic love ofcompany induces him to invite to
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