LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figure Page 



1. Improper Grade for a Lawn i6 



2. Convex-Concave Grade for a Lawn i6 



3. Plan of a House with Reference to the Grounds 19 



4. Arrangement of an American House 22 



5. OutHne Plan of a Place 24 



6. Tree Belt — Monotonous 36 



7. Same as Fig. 6 — Improved 36 



8. Monotonous Belt on Rolling Land 37 



9. Improvement of Fig. 8 37 



10. Method of Grading for Walks 57 



11. Practical Perspective 60 



12. Vista Showing Distant Views 62 



13. Treatment of Flat Foreground 64 



14. Treatment of Foreground with Water View 66 



15. Treatment of Curved Walk 70 



16. Grouping Shrubs along a Walk 71 



17. Typical Group 71 



18. Elevation of Group 73 



19. Group on High Land 74 



20. Plan of Proper Grouping 75 



21. Method of Diversifying Vieivs from Residence 76 



22. Vistas with Cross- Views 79 



23. Treatment of Boundary 81 



24. Location of Group on a Knoll 82 



25. Treatment of Grades 83 



26. Branching of Straight Walk no 



27. Various Treatments of F^ormal Walks 1 13 



28. Various Forms of Flower Beds 116 



29. Other Forms of Flower Beds 118 



30. Terrace Treatment of Rising Ground 121 



31. Grades about a House 122 



32. A Type of the Picturesque 125 



33. Oblique Turn-in from Public Road 133 



34. Turn-in at Right Angles 134 



35. Carriage Turn for Small Grounds 138 



36. Carriage Turn with Embellishment 139 



37. Branching of a Walk 141 



38. Grading to a Walk 142 



39. Grading to a Walk 143 



40. Sunken Wall or Fence 144 



zxi 



