LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



filling has been done, so that sometimes a path 

 will lead through a rocky defile and again creep 

 along the base of a cliff with grassy slopes falling 

 away below. The curves and junctions of these 

 paths are made with long flowing lines and easy 

 turns at the corners. The lawn spaces are enlarged 

 as much as possible because of their necessarily 

 restricted area, extra rock having been blasted in 

 many places to bring this about. 



The general sweep and configuration of this side 

 hill is kept as close as possible to the original 

 surface as designed by Nature. In order to retain 

 this appearance, the borders of the walks, especially 

 where the land slopes off sharply, are mounded up 

 so as to form a screen and prevent the eye detecting 

 the walks from below, except in a few places, as 

 where one approaches an entrance and necessarily 

 sees much of the length of the walk. Along the 

 steps, of which there are a great many, at points 

 where the grades are too steep, the earth is 

 mounded up in still larger quantities and rocks 

 are used to diversify its effect. The borders of 

 all these steps are planted heavily with trees and 

 shrubs so as to mask them. 



Trees and shrubs are also planted at the various 

 junctions of the paths and about the entrances to 

 St. Nicholas Avenue and around the flights of steps. 

 Along rocky defiles are planted whole borders and 

 masses of native gray willows and similar trees. 

 On another hillside are set red cedars the conical 

 forms of which tend to increase the appearance 

 of ruggedness. This is done on the principle in 



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