LAYING OUT THE FLOWER GARDEN. 31 



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 get- 

 ting to his home ; his dogs and children, having less rever- 

 ence 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 follow- 

 ing 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 VII. 

 DESIGNS FOR ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS AND FLOWER 



GARDENS. 

 DESIGN FOR A CITY OR 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 

 with the water- table, or first floor, raised above the 

 ground some fire feet, and the earth from the foundations 

 and cellars employed for a terrace, rising about two and 

 a half feet above the ordinary level, which is understood 

 to be some two feet above that of the public road. 



