May, 1911 
to plant to get the best results. We have been four years 
getting the grounds as they are, and I did not want to 
spoil them.” 
This plan was unfortunately drawn without any scale, so 
that our plan, presented in the illustration entitled a “Plan 
for a Small Place in a Country Town,” though suggestive, is 
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of the house, or about 60 feet deep. This lot is on a south- 
ern exposure of a hill, and has no shade except that cast 
by a barn on an adjoining lot. 
“There is an embankment. around the house about 18 
inches above grade and about 6 feet wide. 
“I want a 6-foot driveway to run from the street alongside 
of the house, to allow coal teams to 
enter. The lot has a down slope of 
about 3 feet in 60 toward the west. 
“T think I should like some kind of 
hedge along the front of the lot and 
some kind of tall flowers, or grass, or 
shrub along the picket fence. 
“I am in doubt as to whether that 
part of the garden shaded by the barn 
will show the loss of the sun and not 
thrive as well as the sunny parts.” 
The conditions as set forth in the 
above letter are, we think, well satis- 
fied in the accompanying plans, “A 
Sketch Plan for a Small Flower Gar- 
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“I am enclosing sketch of grounds upon which I have 
recently built a house costing $8,000, and I would appre- 
ciate it if you would lay out on this sketch a suitable plan 
for a garden—one not too expensive. 
“My lot is 60 feet front and 145 feet deep. I desire to 
have a flower garden run from the street line to the end 
garden with grass paths, tall things against the picket fence, 
and planting on the embankment around the house. 
It will be noticed that there is a path and a seat on the 
axis of the dining-room windows, and that the scheme is 
simple. and inexpensive, but thoroughly practicable, and 
very good to look at. The barn shadow will be a help. 
