328 TASTE AND TAC7 IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER GROUNDS. 



reference to the general diagram, fig. i, given herewith. 

 In this diagram the four outer corners of the farm are 

 shown by X. A indicates the residence ; B, the barn 

 and carriage-house ; C, C, sections to be devoted to 

 meadow, with spots of lawn about the house and tree- 

 groups ; D, space for oats and other crops ; E, permanent 

 pasture ; F, cultivated plot ; G, orchard : H. forest of 

 deciduous trees on an adioming tract, the land about on 



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a level with that on which the house and barn stand. I 

 marks an outlying forest of deciduous and evergreen trees 

 and bushes, occupying a point considerable higher than 

 A, a regular slope intervening between forest and dwell- 

 ing. J is in the direction of a magnificent valley view, 

 extending for miles away and including numerous farm- 

 buildings, trees, fields, forests, etc. K shows the location 

 of a forest of hemlock and deciduous trees in the valley. 



with a free scattering of trees tow^ard the farm ; L, the 

 direction of Lake Erie, a glimpse of which is obtained 

 between the hill-tops on the opposite side of the valley ; 

 M, a small dwelling occupied by the farm-laborer. 



The present owner of the farm purchased it two years 

 ago, erected the buildings during the spring of i8gi, and 

 undertook to do some planning and planting on the 

 grounds a year ago. He was assisted by a traveling 

 /. , -) n nurseryman, who, as it 



now appears, was more 

 disposed to work off his 

 plus nursery-stock at 

 exorbitant figures than 

 to serve the real inter- 

 ests of his customer. 

 The planting was hap- 

 hazard and not com- 

 mendable. A single 

 dri\e extended straight 

 in from the highway, 

 along t h e left dotted 

 line (fig.i) to the house, 

 at which point it made 

 an awkward curve to- 

 ward the porte-cochere, 

 and from there led to 

 the barn. Around the 

 house was a square plot 

 of almost an acre and a 

 half of land, planted 

 too thickly with maples, 

 Kilmarnock willows and a few 

 other ordinary kinds of trees in 

 regular order. The 

 whole effect was narrow and 

 cramped, seeming to limit the 

 enjoyable part of a 21-acre farm 

 to a small angular plot of grass 

 directly surrounding the house. 



When invited to suggest ideas 

 for remodeling the place, the 

 writer first pointed out how it 

 would be easy to introduce gar- 

 dening features throughout the 

 farm so that even the more dis- 

 tant parts might be rendered 

 accessible and interesting, thus 

 carrying out the owner's idea of 

 a pleasant, liberal-sized farm- 

 home for summer occupancy. 

 Next, planting according to the 

 principle of outside appropriation was suggested, in order 

 that the home might be made to appear the center of all 

 that was attractive in a locality abounding in extensive 

 landscape vistas. The composition and location of masses 

 of trees and shrubs, the change of the former carriage 

 approach from the street to the house, and the formation 

 of new driveways, as shown in the general plr.n were 

 recommended as simple means for securing such effects. 



