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in such cases, gardens occupy the entire front yard; in other cases, flowers are 

 used only to border the entrance walk or in groups against the house, the re- 

 mainder of the yard being lawn. Other attractive front yards are found to be 

 very like those described as suitable for suburban homes. On some village streets 

 there is no adherence to a building line, and the varied fronts of the lots produce a 

 decidedly picturesque effect, quite suitable, at times, for a village. Sometimes 

 the more pretentious village houses have fronts of markedly symmetrical design; 

 and frequently these houses are situated midway across their lot widths, and 

 with very good effect. Also there are numerous examples of gardens made in the 

 form of borders flanking long straight walks — walks which at times are related to 

 doors or windows and which at other times are apparently laid without regard to 

 the house. While most houses exemplify plans laid out on straight lines parallel 

 with the lot boundaries, a few are found with plans of- no regularity whatever. 

 The attractiveness of these village homes lies, in fact, in the variable nature of 

 their plans. Any attempt to analyze them is as futile as the effort to set forth 

 rules for country cottages. But we are fully aware of the appeal of these village 

 homes. Those which remain in a good state of preservation — and even those 

 merely suggesting their original condition — display sufficient evidence to prove 

 this true. In the. villages, the situation is quite the same as that in the country: 

 city restrictions hold only with respect to the utilization of space and in the 

 essential relations between the main indoor and the outdoor features. The 

 effect of openness, so essential to city lots, does not seem necessary in small 

 villages. The whole village is the children's playground, and vacant lots abound 

 as well as nearby open country. Also, in contrast with life in a city, village life 

 is more that of a community. Then, after all is said and done, when one may 

 plan unhampered by restrictions, his prime object should be a village home in a 

 garden setting. 



