20 LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



Fig. 14 The plan to the right is obviously more desirable for there is ample 

 room for a garden and a private lawn area to the south and southwest 



Thus it will be seen that the plans for the house and its subsequent 

 location upon the property should be studied at one and the same time. 

 These points, especially the proper consideration of the site and the 

 orientation of the house, will be considered by the architect but he will 

 not, naturally, devote his attention to the grounds and their arrangement 

 which is the work of a landscape architect. Where both architect and 

 landscape architect are employed, which is of course the ideal, there 

 should be the same simultaneous consideration given to the planning 

 of the house and the planning of the grounds, and both should work 

 together from the start. It is realized, however, that there is a large 

 body of home owners, who for one reason or another, will find the serv- 

 ices of the architect and landscape architect unavailable and to them 

 especially will these suggestions be of value. 



The importance of considering the arrangement of the house in 

 conjunction with the arrangement of the grounds now becoming appar- 

 ent; we are led to a study of the points which should influence our 

 course of action. Supposing our ideal plan, such as plan A (Fig. 13), 

 is sketched out, and that our lot faces east. The plan is seen to be an 

 ideal one for we have a southern exposure for sun parlor and living 

 portion of the house, while the kitchen is to the northwest the least 

 desirable portion of our home. 



Let us in locating our house upon the property assume that the 

 distance from the street is predetermined. We then locate our home 



