PROBLEM VII 



A SIMPLE HOME-GROUND ON A SMALL WOODED HILLSIDE, 



BY WARREN H. MANNING, LANDSCAPE DESIGNER, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



This property is located at Newark, N. J. Its dimensions 

 are 100 x 275 feet 



A SHRUBBERY -BOUNDED lawn, a flower 

 garden, a woods with a curving drive are 

 some of the understood requisites of a large es- 

 tate, but to have all three of them in the sub- 

 urbs on a steeply sloping lot of only a 100 feet 

 frontage and 275 feet depth hardly seems possi- 

 ble until we see a concrete example such as this. 



Its simplicity, dignity, and naturalness distin- 

 guish it from all the thoughtless and unfinished 

 planting of neighboring lots and shows that efficient 

 treatment and organized planning is as necessary 

 for a small place as for a large one. This lot is 

 fortunate in having some tall trees with a mass 

 of undergrowth characteristic of deciduous woods. 



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