THE COUNTRY YARD 







Fig. 1 8. — J, Flower-beds; B, vines; C, hedges; D, 

 pool, surrounded by coleus and plants with ornamental leaves. 



The back of the house Is draped with vines, 

 and tubbed yews and cedars are placed along the 

 borders of the walk. The drive, by which car- 

 riages may enter the premises from the high 

 road toward a barn, which Is rather distant and 

 is not shown here. Is spanned by an arched trel- 

 lis covered with vines, so that a visitor Is In- 

 ducted at once Into the garden, unless he enters 

 by the front door. Hedges enclose the whole 

 area and also partition the lawn from the kitch- 

 en-garden, so that the vegetables are not In view 

 from the front, although there need be no timid- 

 ity as to exhibiting these In the country. 



lOI 



