140 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



and then going ahead, a full circle is not always 

 required. It is important to have room enough 

 for comfort, also to make the garage as unobtrusive 

 as possible. 



SERVICE YARDS 



Service yards naturally will be placed where 

 they will be easily accessible from the kitchen and 

 laundry. Like garages, they should be unobtru- 

 sive. A service yard furnishes a place for drying 

 clothes, for storing temporarily supplies for the 

 kitchen, and sometimes as a place of recreation for 

 the servants. It should be at the end or back of 

 the kitchen wing and may be inclosed by a wall, a 

 fence, or a hedge of shrubbery. There would be 

 no objection to planting trees north of a service 

 yard, but they should not be placed where they will 

 shade the yard during drying hours. When shrubs 

 are used to give the desirable seclusion, they may 

 appear as a natural group on the outside, and be 

 trimmed for convenience along the boundaries of 

 the service yard. Two shrubs most suitable for 

 use in this connection are lilac and syringa (Phila- 

 delphus), as they have many branches and make 

 a screen even in winter. Evergreens, when hardy, 



