. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L I a b 1 e H 0 II s cuse for a turn and at the same time does not produce the confining effect of a solid mass of bushes. The off side, so to speak, of a curve is less important as to plant- ing. The group of bushes or trees, if anv are used on this side of the drive, should consist of kinds similar to those on the opposite side, and mav he carried back a\\av from the drive in some such form as that shown in the dia-. Dituiraiu illustratinij pltuituuj in the hciul of n drive gram, with low growing stutT in front to emphasize
. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L I a b 1 e H 0 II s cuse for a turn and at the same time does not produce the confining effect of a solid mass of bushes. The off side, so to speak, of a curve is less important as to plant- ing. The group of bushes or trees, if anv are used on this side of the drive, should consist of kinds similar to those on the opposite side, and mav he carried back a\\av from the drive in some such form as that shown in the dia-. Dituiraiu illustratinij pltuituuj in the hciul of n drive gram, with low growing stutT in front to emphasize the bay, and higher growing things be- hind. Correspondingly, the point on the opposite side might be marked by high shrubs, although observance of the demands of automobil- ists who must be able to see along the entire length of a dri\e, is fast leveling off all border planting. There is a purely sentimen- tal reason for making the planting m a bend high, to which I, who do not mind driving slowly along a curving road, am inclined to cling, and that is the pleasure of not knowing what lies just ahead. Afystery always has its charm, and I would rather be surprised by coming oni of a wood suddenly onto a green stretch of lawn than kn(W all along that presently we shall be running at the edge of the green velvet Strip, which I can see across the low bushes. [60]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dean, Ruth, 1889-1932. New York : Moffat, Yard and Co.
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