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The fifth plan is really 
a garden for three ad¬ 
joining houses. Along 
the main path which 
descends by steps has 
been laid out the bird 
basin end of the 
spring garden, the 
flower garden and the 
winter garde n—an 
all-year development 
costing between $1000 
and $2000 
as well as useful combination. Of course only 
a few vegetables are grown, or the space could 
be filled with gay annuals. Ample service 
space is provided. A garage might take the 
place of the vegetable garden. The cost of 
the plant materials on this plan would be 
around $200. 
An Informal Development 
Lot Number Four (80' x 130 ) is situated 
in Newton Center, a town adjacent to Boston, 
in a section where the houses are far apart 
and the grounds ample. Here also the house 
rooms were planned in relation to the com¬ 
pass points and the shape of the lot. One im¬ 
provement is suggested, in that French win¬ 
dows and steps might have opened from the 
living room to the garden. Several large oak 
trees provide a setting, and their high branches 
do not preclude the possibility of planting be¬ 
neath them. Because the ground slopes to the 
rear it w'as thought best to avoid the expense 
of grading by making an informal garden. 
Against the fence, therefore, are trees and 
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grounds. The shape of the lot lends itself 
nicely to a division into parts. Because of the 
large elms on the street, the house foundations 
are masked by a few 7 shade-tolerant plants— 
funkias, ferns, maple-leaved viburnum and 
clethra. The hedge is of clipped privet. In¬ 
side it an effect of strong contrast is secured by 
dark Japanese yew 7 (upright form) and white 
flowering almond. 
A small rose garden occupies the sunny ex¬ 
posure, with a brick path and edging of 3" 
box, which needs slight protection. In the 
rear a summer house overlooks a bird lawn 
overhung by four silver) 7 Eleagnus longipes, 
beloved of the feathered tribe. 
The breakfast terrace faces a central lawn 
surrounded by lilacs and spiraeas in front of 
which is space for a display of bulbs. But 
the brightness of the place is in the flower 
border between rose garden and terrace, where 
crocus, iris, larkspur, lilies, phlox, and in 
fact a little of everything forms a concen¬ 
trated mosaic of color. 
A fruit and vegetable garden balances the 
bird lawn. Here dwarf fruit trees, standard 
currants, and parsley edges make an artistic 
The fourth lot measures 
80' x 130’ and is lo¬ 
cated in an open suburb. 
Large oak trees provide 
the setting, to which was 
added a massed planting 
of shrubs around the 
rear, giving it a semi¬ 
wild character. In in¬ 
formality lies its charm. 
Its cost for development 
would be something over 
$500 
