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placed where it will attract the eye to itself in- 

 stead of letting it wander to some unsightly 

 object beyond the boundary and which you are 

 powerless to hide. 



Another method (Fig. 105) of carrying out the 

 general idea has the service portion and the front 

 wall lawn area much the same, except that a low 

 wall replaces the barberry hedge along the street 

 front; the shade trees are arranged a little dif- 

 ferently; and the large corner bed of the founda- 

 tion planting has been placed away from the 

 house to allow for a walk between, and to bring 

 it far enough out into the lawn to make it serve 

 as a screen for the Hving area. One would not 

 want the grocer's boy to get into the habit of 

 using the turnstile in the corner, but it would be 

 very handy to anybody hurrying out in that 

 direction. 



A feature is made of the hemlock hedge, and 

 a grove of the same material. A stepping-stone 

 walk between the hedge and a bed of flowering 

 shrubs gives a chance for various surprises 

 (fancy ferns, wild flowers, possibly a seat, or a 

 bird-bath), and leads one out to the terrace in 

 the rear where there is a good seat. Here one 

 may either admire the view in the rear, or the 



