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producing so many diversified effects, I have endeavored 

 to be sufficiently intelligible to secure their easy application. 

 My language, however, may necessarily lack sometimes in 

 clearness and picturesque force. I therefore present a design 

 which fairly illustrates the simpler forms of lawn-planting 

 as it should be exercised on small lots. 



The first point that has been, and must always be, care- 

 fully studied is the location of the house in such manner as 

 to keep as much of the lawn together as possible. Here the 

 house is placed as it should be, near one side. If feasible, 

 it should also be on the north or west of the lot, thereby 

 securing the better protection for shrubs and flowers. 



Immediately about the house may be gathered singly, or 

 in groups, rare and choice deciduous and evergreen shrub- 

 bery, such as hydrangeas, hardy azaleas, Japanese maples, 

 and the many beautiful dwarf conifers. These should be 

 so arranged as to produce the most varied and favorable 

 effect of color and form of which the plants are capable. It 

 is usually necessary to thus retain only low-growing plants 

 close to the house, for in this way only can the full archi- 

 tectural effect of the structure be secured. The exquisite 

 and delicate attractions of choice plants demand also a posi- 

 tion near the house where they can be easily seen. Any 

 curve of the paths nearly adjoining a building may be thus 

 ornamented, for the small size of the plants will leave all 

 views and vistas as seen from the house unobstructed, 

 quite as important a point to be looked after as the proper 

 exhibition of the architectural effect of the house. It will 

 be therefore noticed that even the less immediate neighbor- 

 hood of the house is left unplanted with large-sized shrubs 

 or even second-class trees. The main feature of the place 



