'T^HE perspective on the opposite page gives a clearer idea of the 

 appearance of a place when planted according to the plan than one 

 can possibly get from looking at the bare plan itself. It shows the posi- 

 tion of the shrubs surrounding the open lawn spaces and defining the 

 boundaries, and it gives a suggestion of the air of seclusion, which private 

 grounds should always have, no matter how small they may be. On the 

 other hand, it shows that the place is not completely walled in and hidden 

 by planting. The trees in front hide much of this portion of the place from 

 the reader's point of view, but from the sidewalk one looks directly across 

 the lawn to the bay windows, with no shrubs obstructing the view. A 

 portion of the front has been left unplanted for just this effect — to be 

 hospitable and inviting and to avoid forbidding and ostentatious privacy. 



Along the side of the lot, the planting is carried back only a little way, 

 then another opening is left through which is a view of the side of the 

 house. This space, which might very easily be bare, and an ugly eyesore, 

 is made especially attractive by the group at the base of the house itself. 



Following the principle of privacy and true outdoor living, the large 

 living-porch and the real flower garden are placed at the rear, where the 

 house itself screens them from the street, while the lawn for drying clothes 

 and attending to all kitchen duties is on the farther side, separated from 

 the purely pleasure lawn by the lattice and rose arbor. 



This living-porch, if it is to be used as an outdoor room, must be 

 screened from the adjoining house as well as from the street. The climb- 

 ing Rose which is trained over it would not be dense enough by itself, but, 

 reinforced by the white birch, it makes a screen thick enough for privacy 

 without being stuffy and shutting out the air. 



The drawing shows a brick wall starting at a point opposite the porch 

 and extending around the back part of the lot. A hedge of privet may be 

 substituted for this, — or a vine-covered fence if preferred. All of the 

 planting in the rear is grouped against this wall, leaving the open central 

 lawn, across which the shade of the linden, falling on hot summer after- 

 noons, will be cool and refreshing. 



The shrubbery goes all the way around, with a flower border in front 

 of it, screening the vegetable garden and kitchen yard. The dwarf fruit 

 trees contribute no little portion to the beauty of the whole scheme, both 

 in their blossom and fruit. All small places would do well to make use of 

 these trees, for they can always be made a part of the ornamental plant- 

 ing, and they add variety and interest, as well as being useful. 



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