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solely accessible by the carriage drive past the front door. 

 Advantage may often be taken of a side hill to economize 

 construction by means of a basement in which the cow 

 stalls may be constructed, with a large sliding door open- 

 ing on the barn yard at a lower level than the stable and 

 carriage house, and thus out of sight from the house. 

 Much of the essential interest and pleasure derivable 

 from whatever attractions the place may possess, is 

 dependent upon so placing the house that the windows 

 of the rooms which will be most occupied may command 

 the most desirable views, and to this end it is of vital 

 importance that the architect and the landscape gar- 

 dener should act in concert, otherwise the portions of the 

 grounds which possess the best capacity of tasteful 

 development may be overlooked by the kitchen windows, 

 while the parlors may command only a cheerless outlook 

 upon the road. Architects would no doubt be more 

 ready to join in consultation with landscape gardeners, if 

 the latter were as a class more conscious of the duties 

 and responsibilities of their profession, and better able to 

 fulfil them. The question of an easy and graceful 

 entrance drive by which the house may be approached 

 froifn the road, and easy access to the stable must of 

 course be taken into consideration in determining their 

 relative positions, and also the subdivision of the land 

 into useful and ornamental departments, of garden, 

 orchard, lawn, wood, etc. And, finally, the arrangement 

 of the plantations of trees and shrubbery requires the 

 exercise of a degree of skill and taste which are never 

 attained without study and experience. It is generally at 



