THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE 65 



The corner by the steps is a perennial source of bad temper. 

 The lawn-mower will not touch it, and the grass has to be cut 

 with a butcher-knife. If nothing else comes to hand, let a 

 burdock grow in it (Fig. 1). 



48. The screening of the tennis-screen. 



The tennis-screen may be relieved by a background (Fig. 

 48), and a clump of ribbon-grass or something else is out 

 of the way against a post 

 (Fig. 49). 



Excellent mass effects may 

 be secured by cutting well- 

 established plants of sumac, 

 ailanthus, basswood, and 

 other strong-growing things, 

 to the ground each year, for 

 the purpose of securing the 

 stout shoots. Figure 50 will 

 give the hint. 



But if one has no area 



49. At the bottom of the clothes-post. 



which he can make into a lawn and upon which he can plant 

 such verdurous masses, what then may he do ? Even then 



