SUBURBAN HOME GROUNDS 
many pleasing views. Such a test is highly appropriate to any 
piece of landscape gardening, especially to works of this particular 
sort. 
The automobile drive is provided with a Y turn at the garage. 
Next to the house the drive is widened on the curve. This not only 
makes the curve easier but provides space in which an automobile 
may stand during the day without blocking the passage. 
The entire grounds are enclosed by a heavy border of trees and 
shrubs, the chief purpose of which is to secure privacy. 
Problems 
The pupil should copy this plan at a suitable scale, probably 
1” = 20’. The copy should be made in ink. It may be colored 
with crayon or water-color. This is an excellent plan for rendering 
in either of these media. 
Secondly the student may make a new plan suggesting alter- 
native arrangements for the same house and grounds. 
If proper supervision and criticism are at hand the student 
should make complete planting lists for these grounds, specifying 
the kinds and numbers of trees and shrubs to be used. 
The student may also work out detailed plans for various 
features in these grounds, especially the pergola, the pool, the garden 
steps and wall, or even the garage. 
This is an important design and considerable time can ad- 
vantageously be spent upon it. 
Reading 
Stmonps, Landscape Gardening, Chap. VIII. 
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