WARREN H. MANNING 



form of emphasis could have been. The Barberry 

 has an informality of habit well suited to this 

 house. When left undipped, as it is here, it 

 has a spreading habit which is very pleasing for 

 its position here on the top of the low grass ter- 

 race. Hedge and terrace together form a barrier 

 of six or seven feet which gives just enough privacy 

 to the front lawn without making it too exclusive, 

 for, as you look over it from the street, you can 

 see the Lilac tree near the porch and the Wistaria 

 on the corner of the house, and glimpses of the 

 shrubs in the borders. 



The first impression you get, once inside the 

 hedge, is a feeling of space: for though the front 

 lawn is not more than 80 feet in width and about 

 40 feet in depth it is smooth and uninterrupted. 

 There is, however, no picture in just a green lawn. 

 The surrounding line of trees and shrubbery is 

 the source of its beauty; it gives to it the color 

 of the flowers and the varying green of foliage, 

 and the changing shadows. Here the street trees 

 enter into the scheme for they supply the large 

 trees without encroaching upon the lawn space. 



The planting along the house foundations is an 

 interesting use of low growing plants with taller 

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