The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent : the advantages of suburban homesover city or country homes; the comfort and economy of neighboring improvements; the choice and tre atment of building sites; and the best modes of laying out, planting, and keeping decorated grounds.Illustrated by upwards of two hundred plates and engravings ... With descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · New York : D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 45
the coping of the low wall (say 3 feet) is to be cut so as to make its outer surface a continuation of the sloping bank above. This will make a pretty effect, and no other fence will be required \ but the wall must be of great strength. The lower line being merely a sloping bank of grass, would… … of grading to a uniform slope. It does not show just the surface it was intended to show, but will suggest to the observer the greater possibility of pleasing effects than on a uniform plane. Where a natural elevation for a house occurs a few rods from the street, with an intervening level between…
Landscape gardening · Trees · Suburban homes
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