TASTE AND TACT IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER GROUNDS. 



except that graceful curves take the place of straight out- 

 lines. While in most cases it may be best not to break 

 up with a walk a lawn-space directly in front of a house, 

 in the present instance there appear to be good reasons 

 for so doing. First, the lot being a corner one, and much 

 travel passing in various directions at this point, it ap- 

 pears that the portion of the lawn towards the corner is 

 really more in sight from passers-by than the part straight 

 out from the front of the house ; 

 hence it is considered best to favor 

 that part of the grounds towards the 

 corner by keeping it open, rather 

 than the front part. Second, with 

 the width of about 90 feet possessed 

 by the lot, a sufficient area is left in 

 plat J to provide breadth and dignity : 

 beyond, the greenhouse is seen, look- 

 ing back from the street. Taken as 

 a whole, the present arrangement of 

 walks and drives affords a fine bal- 

 ance of the various lawn-plats and 

 their embellishments. The fact that 

 the ample veranda, B, is in the direc- 

 tion of the street corners is another 

 good reason why an unbroken stretch 

 of lawn to the corner is desirable. 

 From an architectural point of view 

 there is a gain rather than a loss in 

 giving this plat the preference in 

 openness ; for it is well-known that a 

 house appears to better advantage 

 when seen from a corner with two 

 fapades in view, than from directly 

 in front. 



Proceeding to the embellishment of 

 the place with hardy trees, shrubs 

 and vines, we would suggest the fol- 

 lowing selection and arrangement ■ 

 Beginning with plat J let the trees 

 at the street-front be American elms, 

 with the exception of one Norway 

 maple at the side of the walk. Pro- 

 ceeding back near the south line set 

 a European bird-cherry and a mugho 

 pine or two. In the large clump 

 further back let a Judas-tree (Cerc/s 

 Canadensis) and a ring-leaved wil- 

 low be placed somewhat centrally 

 near the fence, surrounded with sev- 

 eral plumed hydrangeas (H. panicu- 

 lata gi-andiflora), two specimens of 

 Colutca arborcscens, three of Calv- 

 canthus floridus, with three or four 

 of Spircea Thimberg-ii near the 

 street end just in from the edge, and 

 about three tamarisks at the further 

 end of the group. The two shrubs 

 standing out from this mass might 

 consist one each of I'iburtuim ru- 



gosum and the blood-leaved filbert, or plumed hydran- 

 geas, if preferred. Between these masses and the green- 

 house E, two clumps of shrubs are shown, the smaller of 

 which might consist of three dogwoods, embracing Cov- 

 nus sanguinea and its variety, elcgantissima I'arie- 

 ffa/a; the other clump near E might be made up of four 

 plants of the effective Japan blood-leaved plum. Pi-imus 

 Pissardii. On the opposite side of the plat, and near 



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