PtTBLIC PARKS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS. 



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TOWN SQUARES. 



No parts of a town liavc greater need of garden spots, 

 than those that are thickly settled. Often there is a 

 square of one or several acres, or one could be made in 

 places not admitting a larger square. But such plats are 

 susceptible of being rendered much more attractive than 

 they usually are. They should neither be exclusively 

 devoted to trees for shade, nor be barren of them. A 

 mean between the two, providing for an abundance of 

 air, breeze, and sunshine, by keeping them well open in 

 parts, and then grass, masses of trees and shrubs, flowers 

 and walks tastefully arranged here and there should be 

 secured. 



Figures 117 and 118 represent two small squares, laid 

 out on simple geometrical plans. The first has a grassy 



Fig. 117. Fig. 118. 



DESIGNS FOR SMALL TOWN SQUARES. 



center, with a continuous flower-bed next to the walk, 

 save a narrow strip of grass between. Seats may be 

 placed in the depressions shown in the walks on four 

 sides. The woody growths may be both shrubs and 

 trees, arranged in masses as shown in the plan. Figure 

 118 has a square gravelled surface in the center, upon 

 which is located a drinking fountain, piece of statuary, 

 or candelabrum. 



As a rule, the more simple a plan of this kind is, the 



