. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canaiiian hlorticultiirist. I 19 A FEW HINTS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. H E distance from the main road at which a house is to be built should be j^'overned b}' its size and by the extent of the grounds by which it is surround- ed. Similar considerations also govern the disposal of the ap- proach, or carriage drive, by which access is had to it from the main road, and both these considerations are too often entirely lost sight of by those who plan their own grounds. Manifestly in the case of small vil- lage a
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canaiiian hlorticultiirist. I 19 A FEW HINTS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. H E distance from the main road at which a house is to be built should be j^'overned b}' its size and by the extent of the grounds by which it is surround- ed. Similar considerations also govern the disposal of the ap- proach, or carriage drive, by which access is had to it from the main road, and both these considerations are too often entirely lost sight of by those who plan their own grounds. Manifestly in the case of small vil- lage and citv lots it would be in poor taste- to attempt to introduce those curves in walks and drives which grace the park-like surroundings of an elegant country seat; and, indeed, in most such cases the straight lines are the most suitable because most economical of space, and encroaching least upon the precious green sward. Unfortunately, many a fine man- sion, owing to a lack of taste on the part of the owner, is built so near to the road that no opportunit}^ is left for the beautiful in the arrangement of the grounds, and the house itself appears to the greatest disadvantage; and all this notwithstanding the possession of broad acres which the wealthy proprietor might have drawn upon to extend his house grounds. Where, however, they are admissible, gentle curves in the walks and drives are more in keeping with our modern ideas of taste than the straight lines, and the stiff geometric style of gar- dening of the ancients. Our model is nature itself, in which we see the curve predominates, and the trees and shrubs are not in straight lines, but grouped in ever varying shapes and forms. In such a case, then, the disposal of the approach is a study, and should be made to enter the grounds amid dense groups of forest trees and shrubs, so arranged as to conceal the house itself until the best point of view is reached, after which there should be little to attract the eye away from th
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