Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . Fig. 20.—A, Flower-beds; B, place for drying clothes;Cj fountain, pool, or statue -, X, hydrangeas or tubbed trees. 104 THE COUNTRY YARD a direct drive is better liked, the outlines may bealtered to something in this fashion:. ^-^JK.^- FiG. 21.—A, Flower-beds; B, trees; C, trees or largeshrub in pots. In this scheme the stretch of lawn Immedi-ately behind the house serves for the drying ofclothes; or, if the house is somewhat aloof froma settlement, or the residents are indifferent toobservation, the grassy reach at the side
Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . Fig. 20.—A, Flower-beds; B, place for drying clothes;Cj fountain, pool, or statue -, X, hydrangeas or tubbed trees. 104 THE COUNTRY YARD a direct drive is better liked, the outlines may bealtered to something in this fashion:. ^-^JK.^- FiG. 21.—A, Flower-beds; B, trees; C, trees or largeshrub in pots. In this scheme the stretch of lawn Immedi-ately behind the house serves for the drying ofclothes; or, if the house is somewhat aloof froma settlement, or the residents are indifferent toobservation, the grassy reach at the side, occu-pied by the long flower-bed with rounded ends,can be appropriated for that purpose. If the105 LITTLE GARDENS driveway from the road to the barn or shed ismuddy or otherwise unpleasant, it can be largelyconcealed from the view of the house-dwellersby running a hedge along its inner side, oppositethe slender strip of green on which potted shrubshave been placed, or large and hardy bushesplanted. A hedge is set along the rear of thepremises, not to close the view of the truckpatch merely, but to afford a background forthe formal garden, the interest of which can beheightened if the circle in its center is a littlepool or fountain. Some of the trees on the premises ought tobe evergr
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