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back of tlie house, with a greenhouse and grapery running about 

 parallel with the house, and a flower garden in front of them, 

 flowering shrubs and low evergreens forming a boundary between 

 the flower garden and the lawn. Anything that was unsightly 

 would thus be kept out of view, and at the same time everything 

 required could be conveniently located. 



The flower garden being a distinct department, the best effect 

 will be produced by cultivating in it principally florists' flowers. 

 The beauty of a lawn is lost in a great measure by introducing 

 clumps of bedding plants through it, however artistically they 

 may be arranged ; nothing pleases the eye so well as the pure, 

 green grass with here and there a handsome ornamental tree 

 judiciously located. 



The buildings and drive being thus disposed of, the next thing 

 requiring attention is the planting of the boundaries in such a 

 manner as to afl'ord sufficient shelter on the north and west sides, 

 these being the quarters from which our heaviest gales come, but 

 without giving it a too formal appearance, and at the same time 

 taking advantage of all the most desirable views that can be ob- 

 tained, and this can only be accomplished by judicious grouping. 



The same may be said of the south and east sides, although 

 they may not require to be so densely planted, unless it be to hide 

 some unsightly object; but where the view of the sea, or the bold 

 outline of a mountain can be obtained, the landscape gardener 

 should be sure to take advantage of them. In planting, avoid 

 straight rows, and let the outlines of groups be sinuously diversi- 

 fied, taking care to arrange the trees and shrubs according to 

 their size and color, keeping the tallest at the back and the light- 

 est shades of foliage on the most salient points. Small groups of 

 ornamental trees and shrubs may be judiciously planted through 

 the most distant parts of the lawn, but generally, single trees are 

 all that will be required on a small place." 



Downing says, * " By Landscape Gardening we understand not 

 only an imitation in the grounds of a country residence, of the 

 agreeable forms of nature, but an expressive, harmonious and re- 

 fined imitation. In Landscape Gardening, we should aim to sepa- 

 rate the accidental and extraneous in nature and to preserve only 

 the spirit or essence. As an art, it does not consist as some may 

 suppose, in producing a counterfeit of nature, but in idealizing 

 natural beauty in a lawn, park or garden." 



* Treatise od Landscape Gardening. 



