Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . nce, they may be obscured by clus-ters of low-growing trees, with, perhaps, a singletall one to break their possible monotony. Treesso assembled should not be trimmed or lopped,except of dead or unsightly limbs; indeed, treesthat do not close a view are generally to be leftto their own devices. This scheme assumes thatthe pleasanter prospect from the house openstoward the right, across the formal garden, and8 103 LITTLE GARDENS the broad walk extending from the front doorthrough that reservation gives reach and fore-ground t
Little gardens; how to beautify city yards and small country spaces . nce, they may be obscured by clus-ters of low-growing trees, with, perhaps, a singletall one to break their possible monotony. Treesso assembled should not be trimmed or lopped,except of dead or unsightly limbs; indeed, treesthat do not close a view are generally to be leftto their own devices. This scheme assumes thatthe pleasanter prospect from the house openstoward the right, across the formal garden, and8 103 LITTLE GARDENS the broad walk extending from the front doorthrough that reservation gives reach and fore-ground to it. When the view is distant and com-manding, the forespace should be kept as clearas possible, and the house and gardens shouldtake on all the aspect of beauty and endurancethat can be afforded. When it is near and ro-mantic—a dell, a cascade, a river passage—itcan be framed in vegetation and the avenue canbe narrower. If the shape and size of the ground are muchas they appear in the last plan, but the shed orbarn in the corner opens toward the road, so that. 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:
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