Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 32
, be on a plane from the street boundary to the dwelling. Thelawn, and whatever is planted, will show to much better advantageif the rise takes the form of the arc of a circle, as shown in Fig. i,section A, on which the front steps of the house are indicated at a,the front fence at b, and the… … Sections C and D, of Fig. 2, illustrate three less common, andperhaps more elegant forms for ground surfaces next to the street.Back of the fence, at a, is a strip of ground, level with the side-walk, not more than a foot wide, which should be kept free fromgrass by the hoe. The grass at the bottom…
