The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . feet from the back lineof the lot forms a sort of dividing line between the decorative andthe utilitarian parts of the lot. The orchard-rows back of it, whenthe trees are well-grown, will, however, add much to the pleasantcharacter of the vistas from the front street, and need not be outof harmony with the groupings on the lawn in front of the trees are small, and the ground culti\-atcd in gardencrops, it may be desirable to have a gr
The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extentWith descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States . feet from the back lineof the lot forms a sort of dividing line between the decorative andthe utilitarian parts of the lot. The orchard-rows back of it, whenthe trees are well-grown, will, however, add much to the pleasantcharacter of the vistas from the front street, and need not be outof harmony with the groupings on the lawn in front of the trees are small, and the ground culti\-atcd in gardencrops, it may be desirable to have a grape-trellis or an arbor-vitoihedge-screen midway between the rows of cherry and ]:)ear trees, ora bed of tall and massy annuals ; but after ten years the effect willbe better if there is no division between the lawn and the orchard. Plate XL A Plan for a First Class Suburban Jlomc an a Lot i7vo hundred foetfront and thrcr hundred foct deep. This plan differs from the country residence of a retired citizenin this, that it is a home which does not include orchards, pastures,and meadows, but is devoted to the development of sylvan beauty Plate XL. S -^N AND GROUND S. 177 rather than pecuniary utilities, or farm conveniences. It is a suita-ble home for a family of cultivated people, with-ample means, andrural tastes. The orchard which takes an important place in the precedingplan is here omitted, to make a more extensive lawn and a finepleasure-walk. The entrance-drive is more expensive than in thepreceding plan, and a side entrance walk is added. In dispensingwith an orchard we have endeavored to introduce in other placesenough fruit trees to supply the family with those kinds of fruitwhich it is most indispensable to have on ones own place. It willbe seen that there are four cherry trees on the north (right) side ofthe house; four pear trees along the border leading to the carriage-house, three more on the left-hand border of the kitchen-garden,and four peach trees. Some of the g
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