Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . SECTION OF SHADED CARRIAGE-WAT. tliroiigli Mr. Tliimney, in ac-cordance with the foregoingorder, still exists beneath thegrand piazza and the colon-nades, Lilt in a dilapidatedstate. Many of the blocksare gone, others are broken,and all show abrasion byfootsteps and the of the carpenterstools, imported from Eng-land at that time by Wash-ington, for the nse of hisworkmen, are preserved, Washington was very fondof planting trees and shrub-bery ; and his diaries showthat he was much engagedin that business i
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . SECTION OF SHADED CARRIAGE-WAT. tliroiigli Mr. Tliimney, in ac-cordance with the foregoingorder, still exists beneath thegrand piazza and the colon-nades, Lilt in a dilapidatedstate. Many of the blocksare gone, others are broken,and all show abrasion byfootsteps and the of the carpenterstools, imported from Eng-land at that time by Wash-ington, for the nse of hisworkmen, are preserved, Washington was very fondof planting trees and shrub-bery ; and his diaries showthat he was much engagedin that business in 17<SJ: and1785. He went to the w^oodsalmost every day to selectand mark young trees fortransplanting to the groundsaround the mansion, andhe generally suj^erintendedtheir removal. In the rear of the man-sion, Washington laid out atine lawn, upon a level sur-face, which comprises about AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 141. GENERAL PLAN OF THE MANSION AND GROUNDS AT MOUNT VERNON. A The Mansion. B Oval Grass-plot. C The Lawn D D Flower-garden. E E Vegetable Garden. F F Kitchen and Laundry G G House-servants Quarters. H H Circular Colonnades. I I Water closets. J J Seed-houses. K Carriasrp-way as finally laid out. L Outside Ivoad. 142 MOUNT VERNON twenty acres. Around it he made a seipentine carriage-waj ;and he planted a great variety of shade trees upon each side ofit. Upon one side of the lawn lie formed a spacious flower-garden, and upon the other an equally spacious vegetable gar-den, and these were planted with the greatest care, accordingto the minute directions of the master. I have before me theoriginal plan of these grounds, made by Washingtons ownhands. It is very carefully drawn. The exact position andthe name of every tree to be planted, are laid down. With it isa section-drawing, on a larger scale, showing the proposed car-riage-way around the lawn, the names of a large number oftrees that we
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