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illusion of similarity might not have been 
produced; for on Mr. J’s place it is a corner; 
but similar corners often occur. 
As the picture is presented as a study, it 
may be useful to state just what is planted 
in this corner of Mr. J’s place. In the dis- 
tance, nearly half a mile away, was a group 
of unsightly factory buildings, which it 
was desirable to plant out. On the ad- 
joining property, some two hundred feet 
distant, was a group of Maples, which cov- 
ered a portion of these buildings from out- 
point of view, and these we determined to 
utilize, so far at least as to help shut them 
out entirely. In the picture these Maples 
may be said to be fairly well represented by 
the mass of foliage in the upper right-hand 
corner. To fully shut out the buildings it 
V was only necessary to plant a sufficient 
number of Hemlocks (^1 fries Canadensis) in 
Mr. J’s corner, but close enough together 
to prevent them from growing too large. 
consequence, th j “ Courting House.” When 
it has been asked, “Where is Lizzie?”(or Ma- 
mie, etc., as the case might be), the answer 
has often been, “Oh, I guess she's up at the 
Courting House with Tom.” Several happy 
marriages have resulted, and the delightful 
little house is still used in the good old way. 
How naturally it suggests the thought of 
building a “Courting House” in some re- 
tired place on the lawn, with nobody to list- 
en to what is said but the harmless little 
birds. 
But to return from this digression, which, 
after all, is not a digression. The trees in 
the middle distance in the picture are re- 
presented on Mr. J’s place by Maples which 
line a public road about an eighth of a mile 
distant. The two large trees in the middle 
ground of the picture on the left are repre- 
sented by Sugar Maples on Mr. J's place, 
planted farther apart, however, and fur- 
nished with far-reaching limbs about ten 
commanding at two points grand views of 
the mountains some fifteen miles away. 
There used to be a large circular flower bed 
pretty near where one is seen in the pic- 
ture; but it was found desirable to remove 
it when a double lawn tennis court was 
subsequently laid out on that part of the 
lawn, the plants being beaten down in re- 
covering the balls. Another bed was sod- 
ded over for the same reason. Lawn ten- 
nis and flower beds seem to make an unhap- 
py union. 
It will then be seen that there is a gener- 
al resemblance between these two places; 
and it may be that some of the readers of 
Orchard and Garden have a corner or 
other piece of ground that might be worked 
up after the manner presented by the pic- 
ture, or in some similar way. The same 
general effect may be attained in a measure 
without a strict adherence to all the details 
of the picture, which your grounds may 
The Terrace Gardens, Richmond, England. Fig. 446 . 
They have fulfilled the purpose admirably. 
These Hemlocks may be said to be repre- 
sented by the dark shade of the picture. In 
front of the Hemlocks shrubs of various 
kinds were planted for a foreground. 
The irregular planting and massing along 
the corner fences left a circular spot which 
suggested a rustic summer house, which 
was accordingly built of Cedar and thatch- 
ed with straw. This summer house, as it 
now looks, completely imbedded in a mass 
of foliage and vines, is pretty faithfully rep- 
resented by a similar object in the middle 
of the mass of foliage in the right-hand cor- 
ner of the picture. For some of the family at 
least the quiet little summer house has very 
pleasant associations. In time, as the girls 
grew up. it became a trysting place, as our 
Scotch friends say, and got to be called, in i 
feet from the ground, which make a delight- 
ful resting place and cool shade. There are, 
in fact, three of these Maples. The bound- 
ary fence, which is some little distance be- 
hind these Maples, is planted with shrub- 
bery and small trees from end to end, in 
front of which, at intervals, are planted 
many varieties of Clematis. This shrubbery 
affords a great variety and abundance of 
cut flowers for the house. 
The walk in the picture passes in front of 
the two large trees and behind the two flow- 
er beds, and passes off behind the clump of 
trees in the right-hand corner. In Mr. J’s 
place the walk also passes in front of the 
two large trees, but curves gradually to the 
right, and passes in front of the “Courting 
House” and around to the dwelling, whence 
it started; a long but very pleasant walk, 
not admit of. 
The picture is a tine example of the nat- 
ural style of landscape adornment, and is 
worthy of close study. The more you look 
at it the more you will admire it, particu- 
larly its distant back ground. There is 
here an entire absence of the stiff and for- 
mal, and in their place something very sug- 
gestive of quiet enjoyment. It is always 
wise to study distant views, and to utilize 
everything in this way that will add to the 
enjoyment of one’s home, and at the same 
time often make the grounds seem larger 
than they really are. You may be so for- 
tunate as to have for a neighbor a man of 
means and cultivated taste who will cheer- 
fully co-operate with you in making your 
grounds more attractive to the public and 
more enjoyable to both of you. — P. B. Mead. 
