PROBLEM X 



A NATURALISTIC ARRANGEMENT OF A CITY PROPERTY, BY 



ALLING S. DEFOREST, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



This property is located at Rochester, N. Y. Its dimensions 

 are 120 x 500 feet 



THE elongated proportions of this city lot, with 

 the unusual depth of 500 feet, gave the op- 

 portunity for the naturalistic development of this 

 property. The main interest is centered upon the 

 big South lawn in back of the house. It is a long, 

 sunny grass space bounded by heavy enclosures. 

 Behind it is a smaller lawn, more secluded and 

 wilder for the Narcissus that are naturalized in the 

 grass prevent its mowing until the leaves have died 

 down. Tucked away in one corner beside the 

 Narcissus lawn is the Wild garden. South lawn, 

 Narcissus lawn, and Wild garden are connected by 

 a curving path. This path affords an easy short 

 cut from the house to a farther street on which the 



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