Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 239
owths of evergreens grow-ing to the ground sometimes fill the grounds of a small place,obstructing the views over the lawn to a serious extent; what theyconceal being a more important part of the beauty that may bedeveloped than is their own beauty. To destroy the trees mayleave too great a void;… … Fig- 44- up old fir trees just high enough to give a clear view of the lawnunder them, as shown by Fig. 44.The reader will observe that aglimpse of quite an extent of lawnis suggested under the branchesof this tree. If, however, thebranches rested upon the ground,the landscape vista would…
