LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



the extreme apex of- the place. After passing 

 thirty or forty feet into the grounds this road turns 

 with a short sweep to the middle of the property 

 and then follows its course on long gently curving 

 lines which gradually approach the rear of the 

 house situated on a plateau, thus affording a fine 

 view of the most attractive side of the building. 



Just after the road passes the house it divides, 

 going in one direction to the garage and out- 

 buildings, and in the other to a turn in front of the 

 main entrance to the house and then off to the 

 extreme corner of the place to the highway. Two 

 short walks lead to an entrance to the house 

 from the main road. The endeavor has evidently 

 been to give long graceful lines of roads and 

 walks and so divide the territory as to set apart 

 at least three large lawns with a long vista reach- 

 ing across at least two of them. 



The planting on this place is especially worthy 

 of attention because on a very favorable piece of 

 land it illustrates well how open lawns and attract- 

 ive approaches can be greatly improved by a 

 carefully devised scheme of planting. 



At the entrance gate near the apex of the prop- 

 erty are planted two Norway maples, one on each 

 side. Around them are Forsythia viridissima with 

 their yellow flowers and vigorous growth. Smaller 

 in growth and size of leaf, but picturesque and 

 compact, are the Kegel's privet planted on the turn 

 of the road on each side. 



At the apex and farthest point of the place, 

 about three hundred feet away, are planted a mass 



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