68 HOW TO PLAN THE HOME GROUNDS 



plots of grass with six-foot borders running all around 

 them, filled with old-fashioned flowers — phlox, etc. — and 

 at the ends and intersections of the path a single 

 medium-sized choice tree, remarkable for its flowers, such 

 as the magnolia, Chinese flowering apple, horse-chestnut, 

 etc. Seats and summer-houses are used in each comer of 



FLOWER GARDEN WITH BORDERING BEDS, INTERIOR GRASS PLOT, AND 

 SHADE TREES AT INTERSECTIONS OP GRAVEL WALES 



the garden, and in the open space of the grass plot one 

 or two fine medium-sized trees may stand, such as the 

 virgilia lutea, the American or European beech, and the 

 hornbeam, birch, or small form of maple, Japanese or 

 Tartarian (see page 68). In such a place may appear an 

 aquatic garden and perhaps a little rustic bridge, all a 

 little outside of the hedge and enclosure of the garden 

 proper. A terrace at one end will also help out the 



