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THE PLAN OP THE PLACE 



proper positions, and a record of the place be 

 kept. It is nearly always unsatisfactory, for both 

 owner and designer, if a plan of the place is made 

 without a personal inspection of the area. Lines 

 which look well upon a map may not adjust them- 

 selves readily to the varying contours of the place 

 itself, and the location of the features inside the 



174. Diagram of a back yard. 175. Plan of a rough area. 



place will depend also in a very large measure 

 upon the objects which lie outside it. For ex- 

 ample, all interesting and bold views should be 

 brought into the place, and all unsightly objects 

 in the immediate vicinity should be planted out. 

 Fig. 174 illustrates a plan of a back yard of a 

 narrow city lot, showing the heavy border plant- 

 ing of trees and shrubs, with the skirting border 

 of flowers. In the front are two large trees which 



