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26. The common or nursery type of planting. 



Go to the blackboard. With four lines, represent the borders 

 of the school grounds, as in Fig. 28. Indicate the schoolhouse 



and the out- 

 buildings. Ex- 

 isting trees may 

 be located by 

 small circles. 

 Now you have 

 the facts, or the 

 fixed points. 



Now put in the 

 walks. The first 

 fixed point is the 

 front door. The 

 other fixed point 

 is the place or 

 places at which 

 the children enter the grounds. Join these points by the most 

 direct and simplest curves possible. That is all there is of it. In 

 many, or perhaps most places, the house is so near the highway 

 that only a straight walk is possible or advisable. 



Next comes the 

 planting. Let it 

 be irregular and 

 natural, and rep- 

 resent it by a wavy 

 line, as in Fig. 28. 

 First of all, cover 

 up the out-houses. 

 Then plant heav- 

 ily on the side 

 next the swamp 

 or a disagreeable 

 barnyard, or in 

 the direction of 

 the prevailing 

 wind. Leave openings in your plan wherever there are views 

 to be had of fine old trees, attractive farm homes, a brook, or 



27- The proper or pictorial type of planting. 



