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of great beauty and are of low growth, can occasionally be grown 
to advantage, to cover ground which needs cultivation, in places 
where they will fill in with as good effect as flowering annuals. A 
good gardener can also grow strawberries with profit in young 
shrubbery plantations, where their presence will not be noticed. 
Let us now suppose ourselves in the street on the side-walk 
at A. From that corner the house and grounds will be seen to 
good advantage, but the finest lines of view on the latter will be 
obtained further to the right. At the point B, the whole length of 
the lawn to the evergreen boundaries and shrubby groups of the 
croquet and archery ground is an unbroken expanse, margined 
on the left by varied groups of trees with clear stems, whose 
shadows fleck, but do not interrupt the view; behind these, masses 
of large flowering shrubs form continuous bays and projections of 
foliage that rest upon the lawn; while on the right, in the distance, 
glimpses of the pleasure-walk, now open, now lost to sight behind 
verdant arches and projecting groups, and nearer, the long vine- 
covered front of the veranda, and the light colors of many flower¬ 
beds in dark bays or on open lawn—altogether, will give from 
this point of view an impression of beauty and extent not often 
realized on less than an acre and a half. Nor will the view be less 
pleasing from the main entrance at C, for from this point the trees 
and the shrubbery on the left are seen to better advantage, and 
the evergreen groups, summer-house, and flower-beds of the far 
corner come into view. From D and E the views are shorter, but 
take in a variety of groups and single trees which will be more or 
less interesting according to the choice of materials in planting, 
and the luxuriance with which they are grown. Glimpses may 
also be seen from these points of the long lawn and the flower¬ 
beds on the south side of the house. At F, over the gateway, we 
would have a hemlock arch like some of those shown in Chapter 
XIV. Standing under this arch, narrow openings between shrubs 
and trees give a glimpse directly in front, margined by low beds of 
flowers, of the fruit trees and vines that border the drive down to 
the carriage-house front; which should, of course, be designed to 
form a pleasing centre of this vista. The views will also be pleas¬ 
ing in every direction as one walks along towards the house. On 
