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with the buildings can nearly always be made to 

 accomplish beautiful results. 



If the estate be comparatively small the house and 

 the outbuildings should be segregated, grouped to- 

 gether and planted with trees and shrubs, so as to se- 

 clude them from the general landscape. In the case of 

 some fine view it may be wise to leave an outlook from 

 the house into the distance. On the other hand, the 

 trees and shrubs always help the house where they 

 partially screen its entire mass from view, only afford- 

 ing glimpses of the roofs through the foliage. This 

 does not mean that the trees and shrubs should be 

 allowed to smother the house, for there should be open 

 space, lawns and formal gardens, near the house, and 

 outbuildings, but only that as you approach it from 

 certain directions the roofs should emerge from a mass 

 of foliage. 



One of the most difficult problems to be settled is the 

 height of the first floors of the principal living rooms 

 above the surrounding lawn. This is always a ques- 

 tion that requires careful consideration both by archi- 

 tect and landscape architect. An open level space is 

 generally desirable for the site of a house unless it is 

 designed in a special manner on two or more levels, 

 and in any case it should not be set on a pinnacle or 

 peak of ground. 



"All natural shapes of ground must necessarily 

 fall under one of these descriptions, viz., convex, 

 concave, plane, or inclined plane. I will suppose 



