. Practical landscape gardening : the importance of careful planning, locating the house, arrangement of walks and drives, construction of walks and drives, lawns and terraces, how to plant a property, laying out a flower garden, architectural features of the garden, rose gardens and hardy borders, wild gardens and rock gardens, planting plans and planting lists . Landscape gardening. A LAWN ASCENDING FROM A HIGHWAY Fig. 65.—Cross section showing proper grading of portion around a residence located on ground ascending from the highway.—See page 67 Before the excavation of the cellar is made al
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. Practical landscape gardening : the importance of careful planning, locating the house, arrangement of walks and drives, construction of walks and drives, lawns and terraces, how to plant a property, laying out a flower garden, architectural features of the garden, rose gardens and hardy borders, wild gardens and rock gardens, planting plans and planting lists . Landscape gardening. A LAWN ASCENDING FROM A HIGHWAY Fig. 65.—Cross section showing proper grading of portion around a residence located on ground ascending from the highway.—See page 67 Before the excavation of the cellar is made all the top soil, which extends to a depth of from four to tweh'e inches, should be removed and stacked in convenient piles for future use. It is well, too, to remo-e the surface soil for a distance of fifteen to twenty-five feet beyond the lines of all the buildings, as the construction work is apt to destroy all the soil close by. This important feature is often overlooked, for, as a general rule, the landscape gardener is not called in for advice until the residence and other buildings have been completed. Very frequently, too, houses are not properly situated as regards the elevation of the floor level above the surrounding grades of the ground. It has been the author's experience that a large percentage of the residences have been set entirely too low. It is very much better to err in the opposite direction, as height may be overcome by a proper planting at the base of the house in case there is not a sufficient amount of soil available to make the necessary fill.. A LAWN DESCENDING FROM A HIGHWAY Fig. 66.—Cross section showing proper grading around a residence located on ground descending from the highway.—See page 67. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Cridland, Robert B. New York,