LITTLE GARDENS 



the broad walk extending from the front door 

 through that reservation gives reach and fore- 

 ground to It. When the view Is distant and com- 

 manding, the forespace should be kept as clear 

 as possible, and the house and gardens should 

 take on all the aspect of beauty and endurance 

 that can be afforded. When It Is near and ro- 

 mantic — a dell, a cascade, a river passage — It 

 can be framed In vegetation and the avenue can 

 be narrower. 



If the shape and size of the ground are much 

 as they appear In the last plan, but the shed or 

 barn In the corner opens toward the road, so that 



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Fig. 20. — J, Flower-beds; £, place for drying clothes; 

 C, fountain, pool, or statue ; X, hydrangeas or tubbed trees. 



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