TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
rooms of the dwelling, this area including kitchen yard, garage, 
automobile turn, an area for hot-bed, compost heap, and other garden 
and kitchen services. 
In the present plan the house has been placed relatively far 
back from the street, an arrangement justified by the large size of 
Fig. 69. HLOWERING Dogwoop on THE LAWN 
the house and by the ample size of the grounds. This gives space 
for a naturalistic park-like treatment of the front yard, a treat- 
ment highly approved by American taste and practice. 
The private garden is worked out in semi-formal style on two 
levels, the various parts being compactly arranged. This gives a feel- 
ing of snugness and intimacy desirable in every family garden and 
essential to the success of a formal garden. It is easy to imagine 
that this garden, when fully developed, would yield a large number 
of very attractive photographs. This means that it would present 
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