Art Out-of-Doors 



lawn. Or, if they are the prime considera- 

 tion and the place is not large enough for a 

 lawn and a fioAver-garden both, it is better 

 to give up the lawn altogether and arrange 

 in front of the house an old-fashioned gar- 

 den with as many beds and walks and box- 

 hedges as the space will allow. Such a de- 

 sign is consistent and sensible and may be 

 made very pretty, while the more common 

 device of trying to unite a lawn and a flower- 

 garden is illogical^ and can never result in 

 anything but an artistic monstrosity. 



Where there is a lawn, large or small, no 

 vralk should run between it and the house. 

 Let the grass come up to the house-founda- 

 tions, and unite the two by planting a few 

 vines and shrubs. Then the house and its 

 site will be connected and harmonized : the 

 walls will seem to spring from the soil al- 

 most like a natural growth, and the picture 

 seen from the lawn will be as charming as 

 that which the lawn vrill present when seen 

 from the house. Whether there is a mere 

 door-step, or a porch, or a piazza, no path 

 is needed, for this entrance should be used 

 only by those who wish to stroll upon the 



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