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PLAN OF GROUNDS. 



PLAN OF GROUNDS. 



The followiiic; excellent plan of a r?/s in ttrbe {harden and grounds, has been 

 forwarded by one of our valued friends, who has descril)ed it, in a familiar letter, 



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so well as to leave us nothing to do but copy his own remarks, which he will 

 pardon, as, at his own request, he withholds his name. He remarks : — 



" In describing it, I would say that the grounds between the dwelling and street, 

 should have been represented one-fourth longer, the land being a parallelogram, 

 and two acres in extent. A is the main walk, leading from the street to the house. 

 B, the carriage-road. C, road leading to the back yard and stable at D. E is 

 the kitchen garden. This garden is sheltered by a screen of Privet on the west 

 side, and a high, tight fence on the north. The ground in front of the house is 

 ^-'ioltered by a screen composed chiefly of evergreens. This was done partly on 

 WiKi score of taste, and partly for the protection to be secured in Avinter. The 

 trees used for this purpose are the White, Austrian, and Scotch Pines, American 

 Arbor Yitse, Hemlock, Norway Spruce, and American Black Spruce. The screen 

 between the two gates in front, is made of Norway Spruce. A portion of this is 



