PLANS OF PRIVATE GROUNDS. 5355 



Figure 101 represents a garden of about three-fourths 

 of an acre, with the walks curving instead of straight, 

 as seen in the last. As may be seen by the explanations, 

 there are numerous features embodied in this plan. 



The front arbor, B, might be surrounded with a dis- 

 play of flowers, and some of these could also be intro- 

 duced all along the edges of most of the shrubbery 

 masses. The entrance from the street might be edged 

 with stones, which, especially if the ground of the shrub- 

 bery masses were raised to be mound-like, could be built 

 up a foot or more to retain the raised earth, and thus 

 creating an effect quite like that of a rockery. There are 

 several fine open lawns adorned with flower-beds ; there 

 are shade trees throughout the grounds, and altogether 

 just enough intricacy and scattered points of interest, to 

 lead a visitor to its charms by giving him something new 

 at every turn. 



In figure 102 is shown a four-acre plat on a hillside, 

 having a surface with a difference in elevation between 

 the front and rear boundary lines of seventy-five feet — 

 the rear being the highest. In these grounds rare op- 

 portunities were afforded for introducing a great variety 

 of features, from the finished grass plats and Italian 

 garden with its clipped trees, architectural embellish- 

 ments and hedge, to a most picturesque wild garden, 

 with thickets, bluffs, rill, waterfall, lakelet, winding 

 wood paths, etc. A picturesque arbor on the hillside, 

 not only adds a pleasing effect to the grounds, as seen 

 from the front, but it affords a fine view of the lower 

 parts of the garden and distant outside scenery, as do 

 also the walks and seats of lookout plateau. 



The plan on page 258, figure 103, is of a five and one-half 

 acre garden. Here, in ground almost level throughout, 

 there is sufficient area for introducing many attractive 

 features, and yet preserving enough of openness for fine 

 garden effects. A rill of water through the rear part. 



