THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE 49 
the rear. In front of the barn is a screen of willows. The 
observer is looking from the dwelling-house. The area has been 
plowed and seeded for a lawn. The operator has then marked 
out a devious line upon either border with a hoe handle, and all 
the space between these borders has been gone over with a 
garden roller to mark the area of the desired greensward. 
41. The result in five years. 
The borders are now planted with a variety of small trees, 
bushes, and herbs. Five years later the view shown in Fig. 
41 was taken. 
A small back yard. 
A back yard is shown in Fig. 42. It is approximately sixty 
feet square. At present it contains a drive, which is unneces- 
sary, expensive to keep in repair, and destructive of any attempt 
to make a picture of the area. The place could be improved 
by planting it somewhat after the manner of Fig. 43. 
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