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lawn which was to foster through a diminutive and 

 freely rendered replica of natural scenes a delight 

 in the wide out-of-doors by putting the lawn where 

 it could be seen directly from the windows of the 

 living rooms, by making it an easy matter to step 

 right out on the grass, and by tempting one 

 through interesting plant material to explore all 

 the nooks and corners of lawn and garden. 



The emphasis of the planting of the South lawn 

 is laid on the west boundary. Such boundary 

 screens are generally considered by the layman as a 

 collection of heterogeneous shrub and tree material 

 planted close together without much thought as 

 to arrangement. This unfortunate and erroneous 

 idea may be dispelled by a careful analysis of this 

 screen plantation. It may show that it is an 

 artistic problem, that the assemblage of trees, 

 shrubs, and flowers into a good border requires not 

 merely a horticultural understanding of individual 

 plants but an artistic perception of how they will 

 look when united into a border. This west bound- 

 ary is a composition of contrasts. Big masses of 

 large trees and tall shrubbery curve boldly out into 

 the lawn, making strong promontories and leav- 

 ing in between bays bordered by a shallow planting 

 of small trees and low shrubbery. There are four 



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