PRAY, HUBBARD, AND WHITE 



The ground in back of the house is divided into 

 four parts. Through the center of the lot runs a 

 flower-bordered path. This terminates in the 

 vegetable garden. Relegated to the north side of 

 the lot, to be near the kitchen, are laundry yard, 

 garage, auto run and turn-around arranged in a 

 closely related and efficient group. On the south 

 side is a small rectangle enclosed by shrubbery 

 which is called the orchard because of its five 

 dwarf fruit trees. Enclosed by vine-covered 

 fences, lattice screens, free-growing shrubbery, 

 and clipped hedges, each subdivision can be 

 treated as a part by itself and can concentrate 

 upon itself all the interest of the moment. 



The garage is connected with the house. Many 

 interesting problems in house building and in the 

 development of the grounds would arise from a 

 desire of weaving house and garage into one 

 architectural composition. It would do away 

 with the many and for the most part ugly little 

 outbuildings which are spoiling many small sub- 

 urban properties. 



The laundry yard is a narrow space between the 

 garage and the lattice screen of the garden. The 

 auto run with an exit on a back street is a pleasant 

 tunnel under trees that arch overhead. The turn- 



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