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slightly undulating. At the extreme back an unsightly 

 gravel-pit has been made into a small, irregular pond with 

 clean concrete bottom, so as to retain sufficient water at all 

 times. The planting is simple and attractive. Here the 

 lawn has been graded to form a somewhat rounded surface 

 gradually sloping to the water's edge, thence rising into a 

 small knoll on which a pavilion is erected. The front is 

 open to the street, the lawn being continuous with those of 

 the neighboring gardens. Behind the house the lot is en- 

 closed by a thin, evergreen hedge. We have several open 

 spaces of lawn, one quite large between the house and the 

 pond, and a smaller one in front of the house. The groups 

 are mostly of flowering shrubs with here and there a tree, a 

 magnolia, hawthorn, or buckeye. Several hemlocks, firs, 

 and other evergreen trees form a background behind the 

 pavilion, and a smaller group is seen near the house. On 

 either side of the kitchen entrance there is a small rockery for 

 dwarf and choice plants only, sheltered from the strong sun- 

 shine during the better part of the day, and farther back on 

 the opposite side of the walk a small bed for spring and sum- 

 mer flowers. The walk is a narrow one, six feet wide in front 

 of the house, four feet behind, leading by graceful curves di- 

 rect to the house and to the pond and pavilion. B and C in 

 the same figure are plans of similar lots 60 by 200 feet. 

 In the first of these there are a few beds for summer flowers, 

 a rockery by the corner of the house, a bower of climbing 

 roses, and several groups of evergreen trees and shrubs. 

 The two plans differ but slightly, showing two ways of 

 treating similar places. In C, a small workshop is shown 

 at the back part instead of a pavilion. While the front 



