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appearance of most places by its observance. In the first place, 

 the shrubs themselves, which, it must be supposed, are only 

 planted because they are beautiful; will show to much better ad- 

 vantage with this introductory lawn or foreground to spread upon. 

 To crowd against a fence groups of shrubs which will bend grace- 

 fully to the lawn on every side if room is given them, is much like 

 the misplacement of elegant robes in a crowd, where they may be 

 injured, but can never be seen to advantage. Such a strip of 

 introductory lawn is to the ground what a broad threshold stone is 

 to the house entrance, giving the place a generous air, and seeming 

 to say that the proprietor is not so stinted for room that he must 

 needs crowd his sylvan company into the street. Yet it must fre- 

 quently happen that the exigencies of small or peculiarly shaped 

 lots, require a violation of this rule, in order to secure suffi- 

 cient breadth of lawn within, to present a good appearance 

 from the house. The plans on Plates XXII, XXIII, XXIV, and 

 XXVII, are examples of this necessity. Plates II, XII, XIII, and 

 XVIII, on the other hand, show a general attention to the rule ; 

 while in the other plans it is kept in view more or less, as the cir- 

 cumstances of each case seem to require. 



There is another matter which can hardly be made the subject 

 of any rules, but yet demands the attention of every planter. 

 Nearly all trees and shrubs are more beautiful on their southerly 

 than on their northerly sides, and some trees which glow with 

 beauty towards the sun are meagre and unsightly towards the 

 north. This fact must therefore be borne in mind in deciding 

 where to plant favorite trees or shrubs, so that their fairest sides 

 may be towards those points from which they will be most seen ; 

 and as there are a few varieties and species of trees which are 

 beautiful on all sides— the box and hemlock, for instance— they 

 may be placed in locations where the others will not show to 

 advantage. 



