House Garden 
THE GARDEN AND THE HOUSE 
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of syringas, lilacs, barberry and other hardy 
shrubs. 
The walk along the terrace to the front 
door of the house is marked by two brick 
posts, and is paved with brick. The planting 
on this side consists merely of clumps of 
shrubbery near the posts, a row of rosa 
rugosa running along the base of the terrace, 
and some climbing roses immediately against 
the house. The house itself is very small, 
including only, on the ground floor, a 
kitchen to the left of the front door, and 
one large living-room to the right. The 
piazza is situated at the end of the house 
away from the road, and is partly covered by 
a projection of the floor above. An attempt 
has been made to treat it structurally as an 
integral part of the design of the house. 
The structural relation of the piazza to the 
house can be best appreciated in the picture 
which is taken from a point below the house 
and at the opposite end of the grounds. 
It will be noticed that the foliage of the 
wild grapes growing over and about the 
piazza is much more abundant in some illus¬ 
trations than it is in others, and the difference 
is to be accounted for by three years additional 
growth. 
So far in our journey around the house we 
have not caught sight of the garden at all ; 
but as we walk around the end of the piazza 
we obtain a preliminary glimpse of it, with 
the hills to the north in the background. By 
referring to the plan it will be noticed that 
the garden is situated, not merely near the 
house, but immediately next to it. The 
house and the kitchen-yard almost enclose it 
on two sides, and one can step down out of 
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