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The Cornell Reading Courses 



PLANNING THE YARD IN DETAIL 



Before being able to know definitely where and how to place trees 

 and shrubs, it is necessary to analyze conditions in somewhat the following 

 manner : 



First, it is necessary to think of the house and the yard as they ap]:)ear 

 from points exterior to them. The view in from the highway should be 

 kept in mind. Is the house the center of a picture, and does the planting 

 in the yard give it an attractive background? If the trees overtop it 

 somewhat from the rear in order to break up a too severe roof-line, if 

 tree and shrub borders flank it on each side, and if the front is not wholly 



Fig. 212. THE APPROACH TO THE HOUSE 



The planting not only furnishes a background to the house but also frames the view of it 



open but broken with some groups — then the planting not only furnishes 

 a background to the house but also frames the view of it. 



Second, the appearances of the yard must be studied from all the windows 

 of the house and from doors and porches, for the outlook has an inspir- 

 ing or depressing effect on those who dwell within, according to its beauty 

 or ugliness. 



OUTLOOKS 



What objects should be borne in mind in studying the outlook? All 

 that is seen may be divided into two groups: first, that which is beyond 

 one's own yard or field and meadow, and belongs to another; second, that 

 which one owns and can control. If the more distant views afford pleasing 

 pictures, especially from convenient points, such as windows and porches 



