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trees did not interfere with the view, but it was necessary in order to get the en- 

 tire yard in focus, to take the photos from across the street, even though the trees 

 partially obstruct the view. 



The first two views represent two extremes in the methods of treating the small, 

 city lot, in which the house is necessarily close to the sidewalk. The one might be 

 regarded as a chaste example of planting, the other as very florid. 



The first home (Figure 40) gives a pleasing effect to the eye. In the window 

 box are ivy-geraniums, while an Asparagus Sprengerii is hanging above them; 

 suspended under the porch are Asparagus Sprengerii in hanging pots and two 

 potted yuccas are seen on the buttresses; a well kept geranium hedge reaches to 

 the porch floor and hides the foundation; to the left, in the background, are lemon 



Figure 40. Showing a narrow front yard well planted by being little planted. Some 

 shrubbery might be well used at the sides. 



trees. Aside from these, there are absolutely no plantings ; nothing to obstruct 

 the view, either from within or without, and give that overcrowded, cramped ap- 

 pearance which is so commonly seen. 



The second home (Figure 41) though comfortable and attractive, is the oppo- 

 site extreme. At the right, is an immense Yucca gloriosa, cutting off the view of 

 that corner of the house and flaunting its bare, unsightly trunk before all passers- 

 by, while beside it, several trees are crowded into altogether too small a space. 



On the left, the same fault is to be found. There, are seen an immense pepper 

 tree, a banana, a Sterculia and a bamboo, all in a space inadequate for the pepper 

 alone. Then, too, the Sterculia and bamboo are placed where, within a few years 

 their growth will entirely shut out both the sun and the view. 



