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harm. The rich soil of the pavement-bed will also start vegeta- 

 tion between the stones, but on so narrow a road, in constant use, 

 the extra labor required to keep the surface clean is inconsidera- 

 ble. On the other hand the pavement acts as a cooling mulch 

 in summer and the contrary in winter it equalizes both the tem- 

 perature and moisture of the roots, and by the reflection of heat 

 from its surface, adds to the heating power of the sun's rays in 

 maturing the grapes within. Were the road-bed not made suitable 

 feeding ground for the roots of the vines within, such a position for 

 a grapery would of course be impracticable ; but when thus pre- 

 pared it becomes the most advantageous for the production of 

 good grapes, as well as convenient of access. Beyond the cold grape- 

 house the fence is made use of for training hardy grape vines. On 

 the left is a bed designed for growing Delaware grapes on stakes, 

 at first, with the intention of making them eventually into self- 

 sustaining low trees. On and near the garden-walk from the back 

 veranda are also trellises and an arbor for hardy grapes. A row 

 of seven cherry trees planted one hundred feet from the back line 

 of the lot forms a sort of dividing line between the decorative and 

 the utilitarian parts of the lot. The orchard-rows back of it, when 

 the trees are well-grown, will, however, add much to the pleasant 

 character of the vistas from the front street, and need not be out 

 of harmony with the groupings on the lawn in front of them. 

 While the trees are small, and the ground cultivated in garden 

 crops, it may be desirable to have a grape- trellis or an arbor-vitae 

 hedge-screen midway between the rows of cherry and pear trees, or 

 a bed of tall and massy annuals ; but after ten years the effect will 

 be better if there is no division between the lawn and the orchard. 



PLATE XL 



A Plan for a First Class Suburban Home on a Lot two hundred feet 

 front and three hundred feet deep. 



This plan differs from the country residence of a retired citizen 

 in this, that it is a home which does not include orchards, pastures, 

 and meadows, but is devoted to the development of sylvan beauty 



