. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . nearly all external views are shut off, and the screen-planting breaks the force of high winds, the scenery withinis secluded and peaceful, and many choice flowers andshrubs can be grown to perfection here. The whole is en-closed by means of a low, well trimmed hedge, and open-ings through the shrubbery give passers-by a glimpse of thescenery within. Fig. 25 is the plan of a corner lot, 100 by 225 feet. Thehouse stands on a slight elevation, which slopes graduallyto the sidewalk. The hillside is girde
. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . nearly all external views are shut off, and the screen-planting breaks the force of high winds, the scenery withinis secluded and peaceful, and many choice flowers andshrubs can be grown to perfection here. The whole is en-closed by means of a low, well trimmed hedge, and open-ings through the shrubbery give passers-by a glimpse of thescenery within. Fig. 25 is the plan of a corner lot, 100 by 225 feet. Thehouse stands on a slight elevation, which slopes graduallyto the sidewalk. The hillside is girded by a few smallflowering trees and shrubs. Besides this there are severalgroups of flowering shrubs and evergreen trees with a fewspecimens of shade-trees on the lawn, a purple beech and awhite silver fir. Back of the house is a border for herba-ceous plants, and at some distance two flower-beds. Thedrive enters from the. side street, and turns in front of thestable, in the upper left-hand corner, around a the grass a few patches of spring flowers are marked by ttbe plan. 57. FIG. 26.—GROUNDS OF A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. N. J. ROSE. ss trhe plan. round dots or rings. These consist of crocus, snowdrops,two-leaved scilla, glory of the snow, and daffodils. A somewhat larger and more pretentious place is repre-sented in Fig. 26. This lawn covers nearly an acre ofground, with a frontage of 150 feet wide. In front of thebarn, and enclosed by a hedge, there is a good-sized vege-table garden with a few choice fruit-trees on one side, andample room for flower borders and small fruit. On thefront lawn a few carpet beds are arranged in a semicirclearound a larger one, and behind the house there is a borderfor herbaceous plants. In Fig. 27 we have a plan of a villa garden of betweenfour and five acres. The residence is simple and attractive,built of brick and stone. The grounds are more elaboratein design than is usual in this country, entailing more careand giving more satisfac
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