FIVE] LAWNS AND SHRUBBERIES 
inclined to consider drives and walks so distinct, 
that the driveway for wagons is not allowed to pass 
around the house. I am inclined to think that our 
best way is to have good, broad drives, passing en- 
tirely around the house, and thence to the barn. 
Hedges I shall speak of in another chapter, and 
refer to them here as often finding their best serv- 
ice in bordering a driveway. 
As a rule, the front lawn should not be given to 
flowers, although occasionally it may be a shrubbery. 
But if you are the owner of four or five acres, or 
more, it will be better to have a tree lawn between 
you and the street. Reach your shrubbery and 
your flowers where there is a degree of privacy. 
We certainly are not going into the country to hide 
ourselves, or to have all our enjoyments to our- 
selves alone; but we do desire, and we do need, a 
retreat from publicity. When we get off the front 
door-step of city life we do not intend to become 
squatters along the roadside of the country. But 
multiply your retreats as you may, you will find 
abundant opportunities to invite your chosen 
friends to sit with you in rustic seats under your 
apple trees, or to walk with you among your floral 
pets. With walks and drives rightly adjusted, a 
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