LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



On the other side of the house to the west extend 

 winding walks enclosing somewha,t formal areas 

 of ground which are set apart for games of various 

 sorts, gymnastics, ball, little children's sand piles, 

 swings, older girls' basket-ball — xg, short, every 

 sort of game that can be devised for girls and boys 

 of various ages. 



At the extreme west and bordering the main 

 avenue is a considerable lawn. Around each of 

 these plots for games shade trees are pl^atited, and 

 around the entire outer boundaries of the park 

 is a high iron picket fence, with shade trees and 

 shrubs arranged along its borders. 



In front of the building toward Randall's Island 

 is the only truly park-like feature on the place. 

 Indeed, the only way to make parks to be used as 

 play-grounds is to isolate certain terfitories on the 

 outskirts of the park or across one entire tract 

 and treat this in a thoroughly park-like manner. 

 The play-ground portion can not be made to look 

 like a park; but shade trees can be made to 

 grow, provided they are well protected with tree 

 guards. The boy, however, in his semi-civilized 

 state will be sure to make war on trees and shrubs 

 when at play; the fear of neither policemen: nor 

 parents will stay his hands. Sometime and some- 

 where his exuberant spirits will cause the foliage to 

 suffer. 



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