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features of the ground. The driveway should not cross the lawn in 

 front of the house, but rather lead up to the side of the house, easily 

 accessible from the front door, and terminate in a court, or open 

 space. In my own home building, the house is set well back from 

 the street, and the space between it and the street reserved as a 

 lawn. The sides of the lawn are planted with irregular shaped 

 groups of trees and shrubs which relieve the formal regularity of 

 the ground, screen out undesirable objects, and yet low enough in 

 places- to preserve desirable views. There are sufificient groups 

 along the street line to give a degree of privacy and yet afford 

 glimpses of the interior. 



The fore court lies to the east of the house from which steps 

 will lead to a broad terrace or uncovered veranda, from which one 

 may obtain a view of the gardens and the landscape beyond. The 

 sides of a terrace may be beveled slopes of grass or solid masonry 

 with balustrades. A terrace has been well defined as an open air 

 continuation of the social possibilities of the house. Below the 

 terrace, and approached by steps, place the flower gardens, sym- 

 metrically shaped and bounded by walls or clipped hedges ; around 

 the garden, arrange a border filled with flowering plants, planted 

 to produce the best effects. Divide the interior space into geometri- 

 cal beds, separated by gravel walks or closely clipped grass sod. 



In my own planting, this garden lies to the north of the house, 

 and is reserved for annuals. The perennial garden lies to the east 

 of the house, just across the fore court and separated from it by a 

 low hedge. This garden has a walk extending along the south and 

 east sides, terminating at an arbor in the northeast corner. This 

 walk has a six foot border of hardy herbaceous plants on each side, 

 and these borders have a back ground of shrubbery. The borders 

 are planted with hollyhocks, columbines, lychnis, coreopsis, hibiscus, 

 ornamental grasses, iris, golden glow, yuccas, funkias, etc. Along 

 the north and west sides are wide borders set to various groups of 

 hardy roses, and in the northern portion of the garden are other 

 roses in irregular shaped beds. The interior of this garden is di- 

 vided into large, somewhat irregular beds, which are planted with 

 tulips, hyacinths, narcissus, paeonies, phlox, larkspur, gladioli, 

 hemerocalis, etc. To the north of this garden are the fruit and 

 kitchen gardens. 



Hyacinths and narcissus are planted five inches deep, five inches 

 apart in the row, the rows eight inches apart, and are not lifted until 

 necessary to thin them. Tulips are set five inches deep, five inches 

 apart in the row, rows six inches apart, and are lifted each season 

 as the tops are dead. The bulbs are spread thinly in some out- 



