AN IDEAL ENGLISH GARDEN. 



523 



in the frontispiece, it is stated " that this portion of the 

 park has been somewhat formally treated with reference 

 to the central effect ultimately to be obtained by the 

 erection here of the King fountain, the basin of which 

 will be about 50 feet in diameter, and the apex of the 

 central figure of a group, representing ' Moses smiting 

 the rock,' about 30 feet above the grade of the surround- 

 ing walks. The foliage-bed in the center of the picture 

 now occupies the site of the proposed fountain." 



On page 522 is given a view of " Thurlow Terrace," a 

 short street connecting Western avenue with Western 

 park. "This street, or park-way, is maintained by the 



park board, the title being vested in it. The cost of 

 maintenance is assessed upon the private property front- 

 ing upon both sides. The sidewalk spaces are planted 

 with elms, and the middle park-like strips are planted 

 with flowering shrubs. The dwellings are set back 40 

 feet from the street line, presenting fine lawn effects 

 along its margin. The constructions are limited, by a 

 clause in the deeds of conveyance, to dwellings of a cer- 

 tain character, and no objectional fences or erections can 

 be placed within the limits of the avenue." Some fine 

 views of this park, which we give on pages 521 to 524 and 

 as frontispiece, will give an idea of its beauty. 



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AN IDEAL ENC 



THE ARRANGEMENT 



THE NON-DIVISION of the flower-garden 

 from the space devoted to the cultivation of 

 vegetables is a common but lamentable mis- 

 take. It seems absurd to bring a display 

 of cabbages, potatoes, corn and other indis- 

 pensable kitchen supplies in juxtaposition with flowers. 



The weekly wash left hanging to dry in front of the 

 house is another disfigurement of our home-gardens. 

 " Necessity knows no law," and poor people must dry 

 their clothing somewhere, but frequently I have noticed 

 in front of a finely-built house with a beautiful lawn and 



LISH GARDEN. 



OF HOME GROUNDS. 



prettily-designed flower-beds, poles with ropes or wire per- 

 manently fixed, on which surged about the weekly wash 

 of the family. Sometimes these poles were at the side of 

 the house, but in full view of the street. In these partic- 

 ticular cases want of space was no excuse. Would it 

 not be preferable to use the back-yard for a drying 

 ground, dividing it from the front by a neat trellis-work 

 covered with creepers, thus hiding from the passer-by an 

 unsightly laundry-ground ? 



I rem.ember a spot in England as the beau ideal oi gar- 

 den arrangement. I do not mean that I have seen nc 



