234 PLANS OF RESIDENCES 



Plate XXVIII. 

 Flans for two Triangular Corner Lots opposite each other. 



The upper of these two lots is larger than those of Plate 

 XXVII, and contains an acre and a half, but is of precisely the 

 same form, and supposed to be differently circumstanced in the 

 character of the street on its longest side ; which, though used for 

 the carriage-entrance A, and one foot-path entrance b, is not of 

 sufficient importance to make it desirable to leave openings in the 

 shrubbery on that side for views from the street to the house. The 

 residence is more mansion-like than those on the plate referred 

 to, and its carriage-entrance has a much more stately character. 

 The large turn-way in front of the main entrance is larger than 

 necessary for a turn-way merely, in order to make a broader green 

 directly in front of the main entrance, and to give room for a grove 

 of fine trees with which it is to be shaded. The walk from the 

 front street at c, with the one before mentioned at b, and the kitchen 

 entrance-gate at d, give the most convenient access from the streets 

 to the house from whichever direction one comes, and leave a large 

 area between c and b, unbroken by walks, which the plan shows to 

 be carefully and elegantly improved ; while to the right of the walk 

 from c, a heavy mass of shrubbery forms a boundary between the 

 pleasure-ground proper, and a considerable orchard, kitchen grass- 

 plat, and vegetable-ground. The triangular space between the 

 walk-entrance b, and the carriage-entrance A, should be filled with 

 evergreens — say a Norway spruce in the centre and hemlocks 

 around it. Between a and d is room for masses of some of the 

 noblest shrubs. The small scale of the drawing here again for- 

 bids a further detailed enumeration of the materials for the plan- 

 tation. 



The lower plan is essentially different in its conditions and 

 treatment from the three that have been noticed, though it resembles 

 plan B, of Plate XXVII in its frontage, if that plan were turned 

 upside down. But on this plan we suppose the lot to be little 

 more than a mere triangle— turning the corner on the left only 



