34 PEACTICAL FLOBICrjjLTURE. 



numbered objects of this plan, to give a list of such trees 

 and shrubs as are required on a small place. It is a 

 point which ought always to be considered, that trees and 

 shrubs fib for a large place are not exactly suited to a 

 small one, whatever may be their appearance or effect in 

 the first four or five years ; the mistakes are only seen in 

 after years. Fortunately for the generality of the "land- 

 scapers," before the effect of their work is shown, the 

 owner has removed to a bigger house, or the planting has 

 been neglected, and the trees have died, or the " land- 

 scaper" has fcund employment far away out West, caring 

 very little how his chefs d'ceuvre in the East may look. 



At 2 is the terrace, with the embankment. Small em- 

 bankments ought to be of the most simple shape ; any 

 fancy outlines in the slope, on a small scale, will only be 

 seen when the grass is freshly cut short, and they are 

 therefore of no use. 3 is the main approach to the dwell- 

 ing. (See scale for width.) At 20, in a small circle, it is 

 intended to employ a fine bush of Pyrus Japonica, to 

 interrupt the view from the street. 4 is a smaller walk 

 intended for the use of the family, but forming with the 

 walk 3 a continuous circuit around the place. 5 is in- 

 tended for a small yard in the rear of the house, with the 

 well at 13. 6, a six-foot walk, passing underneath the 

 nrbor ; a shady place in summer. 7, the arbor, with only 

 spare room enough left in its rear for attending to the 

 climbers and grape-vines planted against it. 8, intended 

 to be a shed for wood and other articles, besides a hen- 

 house, with hen-yard, at 10. 9, an office. 11, a bench, 

 or resting place. 12, benches, or even stone seats, in 

 recesses. 14, a grass plot, to be used for a drying- 

 ground, and also as a play-ground for children, sur- 

 rounded by seven deciduous shade trees, which might be, 

 in preference, the Silver-leaved Maple (Acer dasy- 

 carpum), a healthy, strong-growing, and clean tree. At 

 15, for variety of foliage, a Weeping Willow. 16, a 



