TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
necessary to depart from the customary arrangement in important 
particulars. 
The most important adjustment is in placing the house as near 
the street as possible, thus greatly reducing the breadth of the con- 
ventional “‘front yard,” and by the same amount increasing the 
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extent of the private garden at the rear of the house. This private 
garden now lies on the sunny south side of the house and may be 
developed into something much worth while. 
The conventional floor plan here used might be improved by 
placing the kitchen on the northwest corner of the house and trans- 
ferring the dining room to the southwest corner. Thus the living 
room and dining room would get the maximum of sunlight and would 
look out onto the garden instead of onto the street. Much depends 
obviously on the habits and tastes of the family occupying the house. 
In front of the house is a small strip of smooth lawn. Against 
the house are simple foundation plantings. A short straight walk 
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