80 HOW TO PLAN THE HOME GROUNDS 



dwell on the details of structure and tint, it will begin to 

 fully realize what an infinity of variety of pleasing effects 

 the small confines of a village lot may be made to develop. 

 We have seen in the discussion of the best methods of 

 laying out a lawn, that the scheme of its adornment may 

 be reduced to very simple terms, viz. : Framing the 

 boundaries of the place with trees and shrubs, masking 

 with plantations the junctions of the roads and walks, 

 and setting out shade trees along walks and drives ; and 



VILLAGE CORNER LOT, FIVE-TWENTY-EIGHTHS OF AN ACRE, WITH 

 BORDERING SHRUBS AND FLOWER GARDEN 



this scheme, if the reader will give his mind to it, can be 

 applied to the smallest village yard. Other adornment 

 is chiefly undertaken to set out single specimens of curi- 

 ous and beautiful trees and shrubs as you would erect a 

 statue in the garden, and the result that follows with 

 considerable sureness does not usually, to the mind of 

 the author, make for simplicity, breadth, and beauty of 

 design. 



Furthermore, going still more into detail, in the con- 



