TASTE AND TACT IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER 

 GROUNDS— XVIII. 



A HALF-ACRE HOME LOT MADE BEAUTIFUL A PLAN THAT THOUSANDS MAY WORK TO. 



A TOWN LOT, a trifle less than half an acre in 

 extent, situated at the corner of two streets of a 

 village in Columbiana county, Ohio, is the sub- 

 ject of the present paper. The accompanying 

 diagram of the grounds shows a straight 

 walk leading from the dwelling to each 

 of the streets — front and side. The 

 owner desires as much beauty introduced 

 into the place as possible, with no pro- 

 visions to be made for growing culinary 

 vegetables, as these can be conveniently 

 bought from peddlers at the door. The 

 owner sensibly remarks that whatever 

 shrubs or trees may be recommended, 

 he hopes may be such as will thrive 

 without special petting, as he has a great 

 liking for things that grow readily and 

 are as hardy as common trees. He has 

 an idea, moreover, that there are 

 enough of such to adorn his grounds 

 handsomely, if only they can be se- 

 cured. He does not object to a few spec- 

 ially choice kinds, even though there 

 may be a little risk in planting them. 

 He is quite willing that graceful wind- 

 ing walks should take the place of the 

 straight ones, provided they can be 

 introduced with tasteful effect. In 

 short, he is willing to consider, with a 

 view to adoption, any reasonable course 

 looking to the conversion of his home 

 grounds, now stiff and angular in out- 

 line, into a handsome garden abounding 

 in hardy, easily-grown ornamental trees 

 and shrubs, with a few frnit-trees be- 

 sides. 



The results of studying this case, with 

 a view to improvement, are set forth in 

 the next picture. The main features of 

 the place, which should be kept in mind, 

 are these ; A is the dwelling, with an 

 ample front veranda at B and a rear one 

 at C ; D, stable ; E, greenhouse; F, front 

 walk leading to the highway ; G, walk 

 leading to the side street ; H, walk from 

 the dwelling back through the grounds 

 to the rear drive, I, near the stable ; J, 

 southeast lawn ; K, corner lawn ; L, side 

 lawn ; M, main lawn ; N, rear lawn ; O 

 designates a varied and somewhat heavy 

 plantation in the direction of the barn ; 

 P is a vine-arbor at the junction of the 

 curving grape-trellis and walk, Q ; and 



R and S are plats occupied by apple, pear, peach, cherry 

 and apricot trees ; the beds marked T summer flowers. 



In the arrangement of the walks no great departure 

 has been made from the straight walks of the diagram, 



M I G MV/ A Y 



Lot showing the Angular Style of Laying-out. 



