LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. 



It is moreover not unfrequently the case that more 

 attractive though less expansive views can be obtained 

 from the lower point, by arranging plantations of trees or 

 shrubbery so as to conceal offensive objects, and direct 

 the eye to graceful or picturesque bits of landscape which 

 are varied as the position is changed, and thus rendered 

 more interesting than when seen in the single prospect 

 from the summit which embraces them all. 



It is not improbable that other and more serious objec- 

 tions may be urged against the supposed site than have 

 yet been stated. The importance of reserving abundant 

 room in the rear of the house for domestic convenience 

 and pleasure, secluded from public sight, can hardly be 

 over-estimated as an element of daily comfort, and if in 

 order to secure the fine view, the house is placed ifpon 

 the apex of a hill, the ground sloping to the road in 

 front so as to be fully exposed to view, and falling off in 

 the rear also, so rapidly as to leave no room for domestic 

 offices, wood yard, laundry yard, play ground, garden, etc., 

 shut out from public gaze and amply large for all the 

 demands of the family the continual sense of discom- 

 fort and inconvenience resulting from the want will far 

 outbalance the advantages gained. The position of the 

 stable, both as regards its own requirements and in refer- 

 ence to the house, is a matter of essential importance. 

 It should be convenient of access, yet not so near as to 

 be in any way offensive; not prominently conspicuous, 

 though I do not consider it an objectionable feature if 

 unobtrusive, and it is all important that it should be 

 capable of approach by a farm lane, instead of being 



