164 THE PLAN OF THE PLACE 



sod. The border plantings of this yard are too 

 straight and regular for the most artistic results, 

 but such was necessary in order not to encroach 

 upon the central space. Yet the reader will no 

 doubt agree that this yard is much better than 

 it could be made by any system of scattered and 

 spotted planting. Let him imagine how a glow- 

 ing carpet -bed would look set down in the cen- 

 ter of this lawn! 



The making of a landscape picture is well illus- 

 trated in Figs. 145, 146. The former shows a small 

 clay field (seventy five feet wide and three hundred 

 feet deep), with a barn at the rear. In front of 

 the barn is a screen of willows. The observer is 

 looking from the dwelling house. The area has 

 been plowed and seeded for a lawn. The opera- 

 tor has then marked out a devious line upon 

 either border with a hoe handle, and all the space 

 between these borders has been gone over with a 

 garden roller to mark the area of the desired 

 greensward. The borders are now planted with 

 a variety of small trees, bushes and herbs. Five 

 years later the view shown in Fig. 146 was taken. 



A back yard is shown in Fig. 147. It is approx- 

 imately sixty feet square. At present it contains 

 a drive, which is unnecessary, expensive to keep 

 in repair, and destructive of any attempt to make 

 a picture of the area. The place could be im- 

 proved by planting it somewhat after the manner 

 of Fig. 148. 



