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PLANS OF RESIDENCES 
Plate XXVIII. 
Plans for two Triangular Corjier Lots opposite each other. 
The upper of these two lots is larger than those of Plate 
XXVII, and contains an acre and a half, but is of precisely the 
same form, and supposed to be differently circumstanced in the 
character of the street on its longest side; which, though used for 
the carriage-entrance A, and one foot-path entrance b, is not of 
sufficient importance to make it desirable to leave openings in the 
shrubbery on that side for views from the street to the house. The 
residence is more mansion-like than those on the plate referred 
to, and its carriage-entrance has a much more stately character. 
The large turn-way in front of the main entrance is larger than 
necessary for a turn-way merely, in order to make a broader green 
directly in front of the main entrance, and to give room for a grove 
of fine trees with which it is to be shaded. The walk from the 
front street at e, with the one before mentioned at b, and the kitchen 
entrance-gate at d ’ give the most convenient access from the streets 
to the house from whichever direction one comes, and leave a large 
area between c and b, unbroken by walks, which the plan shows to 
be carefully and elegantly improved; while to the right of the walk 
from e, a heavy mass of shrubbery forms a boundary between the 
pleasure-ground proper, and a considerable orchard, kitchen grass- 
plat, and vegetable-ground. The triangular space between the 
walk-entrance b, and the carriage-entrance A, should be filled with 
evergreens—say a Norway spruce in the centre and hemlocks 
around it. Between a and d is room for masses of some of the 
noblest shrubs. The small scale of the drawing here again for¬ 
bids a further detailed enumeration of the materials for the plan¬ 
tation. 
The lower plan is essentially different in its conditions and 
treatment from the three that have been noticed, though it resembles 
plan B, of Plate XXVII in its frontage, if that plan were turned 
upside down. But on this plan we suppose the lot to be little 
more than a mere triangle—turning the corner on the left only 
