104 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



wall may often be covered from view by a bank of soil 

 against it, as in Fig. 60. 



Whatever fence is maintained should be as simple and 

 inconspicuous as possible. 



Improperly Located Buildings. 



The greatest source of difficulty in improving established 

 grounds is often found in improperly located buildings. 

 We can easily dig up here and there a tree or prune them to 

 good form and transplant shrubs and herbaceous plants 

 with little cost, but to relocate buildings often entails great 

 expense. One of the greatest mistakes made in locating 

 buildings is in placing them too near the street and too 

 closely together. 



The main buildings can seldom be moved or changed 

 without considerable cost, but the relocation of small build- 

 ings can often be easily made. 



If possible, all the buildings should be located some dis- 

 tance from the street and far enough from the boundary- 

 line to allow of some decorative trees and shrubs on every 

 side of them, to serve as a setting for the central part of 

 the home-picture, the house. 



In case the buildings are nearly or quite on the line all 

 the view to be obtained must be dependent upon that pro- 

 vided or allowed by neighbors, and the only thing that can 

 be done to improve the beauty of the buildings is to plant 

 vines to grow upon the wall or upon a trellis very close up 

 to it. 



If possible, the outbuildings should be located in the rear 

 of the dwelling, at some distance from it, and more or less 

 screened from the latter and from outside view, unless they 



