AND GROUNDS. 
183 
This is the first plan that shows a residence with its carriage- 
porch and main entrance on the side — an arrangement that econo- 
mizes space to great advantage on narrow lots, and enables the 
architect to have more liberty in the arrangement and exposure of 
the principal rooms, and to make more pleasing views from their 
windows over the grounds.* It will be seen that the turn-way of the 
carriage-road is partly back of the house, around a circular grass 
plat twenty feet in diameter, in the centre of which is a pine tree. 
The drive turns close to the back veranda, where a platform-step is 
provided for easy ingress and egress from carriages. This is likely 
to be the carriage-porch of the family when unaccompanied by 
friends. Beyond the turn, tire road is straight along the trellised 
boundary of the kitchen-garden, and widens with abundant space in 
front of the carriage-house. Near the rear of the lot are a few 
cherry and peach trees ; back of the drying-yard and kitchen are 
others. A row of pear trees on the left of the main drive are 
enough to furnish a summer and autumn supply of this delicious 
fruit; while in other portions of the grounds, apples and crab- 
apple trees may be introduced as parts of groups. Of the small 
fruits the garden plan shows an ample provision. 
The purely decorative portion of the place may be in part de- 
scribed as follows : — beginning at the carriage-entrance. This starts 
from the middle of the opening between two street trees, and is 
flanked on either side simply by a pair of trees of any fine variety 
of elms or maples, chestnuts, horse-chestnuts, oaks or beeches, to be 
l^lanted ten feet from the fence, and the same distance from the 
drive. While they are young the ground for a radius of six feet 
around them should be kept in cultivation, and planted on its outer 
margin with such deciduous shrubs as flowering-currants, purple 
berberries, variegated-leaved elder, privet, glossy-leaved viburnum, 
common bush honeysuckles, or whatever else will grow in partial 
shade, not exceeding six or seven feet in height, and with branches 
bending to the grass. When the trees are ten or fifteen years 
* We cannot commend this house plan as particularly adapted to the lot. Tke plan for the 
grounds grew up arotmd the hozise as a thing already fixed. The latter is designed to meet 
the wants of a man of “bookish” tastes, as w'ell as wealth, who needs a fine library-room separate 
from the family room. 
