DESIGNS FOE ORNAMENTAL GBOUNDS. 13 



efforts was made in behalf of a " shoddy " king who had 

 built a splendid mansion in about the middle of a four-acre 

 lot. The carriage drive entering at each side of the plot, 

 was made in his best " Sarpentine " style, but the centre 

 approach, a six-foot walk for pedestrians, started at a 

 point in the centre of the block, and was twisted like a 

 corkscrew until it reached the hall door. The portly 

 owner submitted like a martyr for awhile, but eventually 

 snubbed Terry's science, obliterated the walk, and got a 

 more expeditious, if less artistic method of getting to 

 his home ; his dogs and children, having less reverence for 

 Terry's art, had long before taken the initiative. But 

 this is only telling what not to do, which perhaps is as 

 necessary as to tell what to do in the brief space that this 

 subject can be treated of in this work. The following 

 remarks and drawings are by the late Eugene A. Bau- 

 mann, Esq., of Rah way, N. J., whose ability as a practical 

 Landscape Gardener was perhaps second to none in this 

 country ; as the thousands of acres of tasteful grounds 

 laid out by him in this and adjacent States during the 

 past twenty years will attest. 



CHAPTER HI. 



DESIGNS FOR ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS AND FLOWER 

 GARDENS. 



DESIGN FOE A CITY OE VILLAGE LOT. 



Figure 1 gives a plan for a city or village lot of 

 100x200 feet, fronting south, but without stable or carriage 

 house. 



The dwelling at 1 is supposed to be without area, or 

 entrance to the basement and cellars from outside, but 



