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The groups in front of the veranda, between the cherry trees, 

 and those against the house, may be composed of shrubs which 

 are family favorites, or with annual and perennial flowering plants 

 of graded sizes. The flower-beds adjacent to the main walk are 

 for low-growing plants only. The two small bushes behind the 

 flower-beds nearest the gate are to be, one the golden arbor-vita, 

 and the other the golden yew ; and in the rear of the next flower- 

 bed on the right, an Irish juniper is intended. Between the bay- 

 windows a weeping juniper, y. oblonga pendula, or the weeping 

 Norway spruce, Abies e. inverta, may be planted, or the bed may be 

 occupied as described for Plate VIII. The beds directly in front 

 of the bay-windows can be different each year, with such plants 

 as some of the medium-sized cannas, the Wigandia caracasana, 

 the Nicoteana atropurpurea grandiflora, and the Japanese maize 

 for the centre plant, and round, bushy-headed plants, like the 

 geraniums and the Colleus verschafelti, for the projecting parts of 

 the beds. 



Since the engraving has been completed, we perceive that the 

 kitchen department of this lot — that back of the grape-trellis — 

 might be more advantageously planned, but as we cannot now 

 correct it, the reader's ingenuity must be exercised to improve it. 



Plate XIII. 



A Plan of the Grounds for a Commodious House with a side-entrance 

 porch, on an Inside Lot having a front of one hundred and sixty 

 feet on the street, and a depth of three hundred and eight feet. 



The front of the main veranda of the house is seventy feet 

 from the street ; the distance from the porch-front to the side of 

 the lot is sixty-five feet, and the space between the house and the 

 right-hand side of the lot is forty feet. This is a very desirable 

 form of lot. It allows of a long reach of lawn on the entrance-side, 

 and sufficient openness on all sides to be in keeping with so large 

 a house ; while there is ample room for stable and carriage-house 

 conveniences, fruit trees, and a vegetable garden. 



