WARREN H. MANNING 



making them attractive and let them grow up 

 rank with weeds and washed into gullies for it is 

 well-nigh impossible to make them into lawns. 

 Such slopes are not easy to handle but their very 

 difficulties encourage their opportunities. It is 

 interesting, for instance; to transform them into 

 little woodlands. Such treatment is especially 

 harmonious with a low informal picturesque house 

 such as this one. Even if the ground is devoid 

 of trees, a woods effect can be created in a com- 

 paratively short period of time through the plant- 

 ing of some extra sized trees and a thick naturalistic 

 planting of wild shrubs and small trees. On this 

 lot, it was not a problem of creating a woods for 

 the slope was part of a century-old forest, it was 

 the problem of preserving the character and spirit 

 of the woods through the planting of shade-loving 

 shrubs and woodsy flowers. The owner realized 

 and appreciated his opportunity and though 

 it could be improved through more and better 

 planting, the enchantment of the woods has been 

 preserved in wonderful contrast to the neighbor's 

 yard where the trees have been destroyed. 



The road is a frank straightforward piece of 

 engineering to get from the street level to the barn 

 at a grade possible for a horse. The curve is a 



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