THE CITY YARD 



a tree. It was ten or a dozen feet wide and about 

 Txine feet high. It screened a ragged and un- 

 pleasant view behind us, and was really as hand- 

 some a property as many an owner of a private 

 park could desire. There Is a hint for any one 

 who cares to act on It. 



Adjoining our yard was Its twin, but here Is 

 what the owner did, and I Instance this merely 

 that you may avoid It : 



Fig. 7. — I, Trellis reared against the house; 2, summer- 

 house; 3, arbor; 4, plants; 5, flower-bed. 



Here was architecting on an i8 X 50 with 

 a vengeance. The summer-house and arbor were 

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