THE COUNTRY YARD 



a direct drive is better liked, the outlines may be 

 altered to something in this fashion : 



Fig. 21.-^, Flower-beds; B, trees; C, trees or large 



shrub in pots. 



In this scheme the stretch of lawn Immedl- 

 ately behind the house serves for the drying of 

 clothes; or, if the house is somewhat aloof from 

 a settlement, or the residents are indifferent to 

 observation, the grassy reach at the side, occu- 

 pied by the long flower-bed with rounded ends, 

 can be appropriated for that purpose. If the 

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