CHAPTER XI. 
ARRANGEMENT IN PLANTING. 
T HOUGH set rules, in matters of art, are sometimes 
more honored in the breach than in the observance,” 
it is also true that every art has certain general prin¬ 
ciples, the observance of which will rarely lead to great 
faults, while their violations may. We therefore hope that the 
following suggestions or rules, drawn to meet the requirements of 
small suburban grounds, will be of some use, and serve as a 
starting-point for that higher culture which educates the intuitive 
perceptions of the artist to dispense with rules, or rather, perhaps, 
to work intuitively by rule , as an esthetic instinct. 
I. Preserve in one or more places (according to the size and form 
of the lot) the greatest length of unbroken lawn that the space will 
admit of. 
II. Plant between radiating lines from the house to the outside of 
the lot , so as to leave open lines of view from the principal windows 
and entrance porches ; also find where , without injuring the views to 
and from the house ; the best vistas may be left from the street into the 
lot, and from one point to another across the grounds , or to points of 
interest beyond. 
