98 ARRANGEMENT IN PLANTING. 



Or the eye rests on the near group of shrubs opposite Fig. 3 ; 

 or to the left, ranges to the various groups on that side of the 

 grounds. At Fig. 5 the view on the right, of the trees, hedge, and 

 shrubbery, from g to w, together with pleasing views in other direc- 

 tions, make this point the one from which the whole place is seen 

 to the best advantage. The views through the archway of trees 

 over the front gateway are pleasing in every direction ; and in the 

 line towards u, extend nearly the entire length of the lot. This 

 form of lot, when the house is so near the centre, is less adapted to 

 illustrate the rule under consideration than most others, and we 

 have pointed out its peculiarities in this connection to show the 

 effort to conform to the rule under adverse circumstances. The 

 reader will please to observe on this plan a dotted line from d to 

 the left, parallel with the front street. This is forty feet from the 

 front. Within a distance from ten to fifty feet from such fronts is 

 usually the part which should be left unplanted, in order that all 

 the places in the block may, on that line, form a continuous 

 lawn of such park-like character as no one lot could furnish. Most 

 of our plans are designed in this manner to secure the advantages 

 of associate improvements, and "views from one point to another 

 across the grounds, or to some point of interest beyond the 

 grounds." 



RULE III. 



Plant the larger trees and shrubs farthest from the centre of the 

 lawn, so that the smaller may be seen to advantage in front of them. 



The necessity of observing the third rule, in small places, is so 

 obvious, and it is so easy to follow, if one but knows the character 

 of the trees and shrubs he is using, that few remarks upon it 

 are necessary. The vignette at the head of this chapter is intended 

 as an illustration of the great number and variety of shrubs and 

 small trees which may be exhibited in a single group, in such a 

 manner that each may show its peculiar beauty without concealing 

 any of the others, and at the same time form a harmonious col- 

 lection. Not less than twenty species of trees and shrubs may be 

 seen at once in such a group, each growing to a perfect develop- 



