Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 31
we can plant will so well repay themost lavish enrichment of the soil to promote its growth as one ofthese trees to the manor born. In locating a house with ref-erence to fine trees already growing, it is much better to have thembehind, or overhanging the sides, than to have them in front;… … Ground which rises from the street, so that where it meets thehouse it is about on a level with the top of an ordinary fence at thestreet line, is a good form of surface. This rise should not, how-ever, be on a plane from the street boundary to the dwelling. Thelawn, and whatever is planted, will…
