CHAPTER XI. 



ARRANGEMENT IN PLANTING. 



THOUGH set rules, in matters of art, are sometimes 

 " more honored in the breach than in the observance," 

 it is also true that every art has certain general prin- 

 ciples, the observance of which will rarely lead to great 

 faults, while their violations may. We therefore hope that the 

 following suggestions or rules, drawn to meet the requirements of 

 small suburban grounds, will be of some use, and serve as a 

 starting-point for that higher culture which educates the intuitive 

 perceptions of the artist to dispense with rules, or rather, perhaps, 

 to work intuitively by rule, as an aesthetic instinct. 



I. Preserve in one or more places (according to the size and form 

 of the lot) the greatest length of unbroken lawn that the space will 

 admit of. 



II. Plant between radiating lines from the house to the outside of 

 the lot, so as to leave open lines of view from the principal windows 

 and entrance porches ; also find where, without injuring the views to 

 and from the house, the best vistas may be left from the street into the 

 lot, and from one point to another across the grounds, or to points of 

 interest beyond. 



