Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

, rows of houses, the lines are broken
into groups of three, seven or even as
many as seventeen in one line, as on
Reservoir road. In the longer rows, to
preclude monotony. groups of two or
three are set slightly back of the nor
NAL building line.
Will Emulate Crescent.
One Of the most interesting develop
ments there now is under construc-
ton. A circular plot at the end of
Surrey lane has been dedicated to the
Federal Government as park space
and here @ street as 1t intersects with
Surrey lane will form a larger curve
about this circular area. Back of the
public sidewalk at this point will rise a
semi-circular stretch of lawn and on
this rise will be second sidewalk fol-
lowing the outline of the street and
well back of this. the new row of
houses will be erected, carrying out
the idea of the famous Crescent at
Bath, England.
Strips of center parking will be de-
veloped through @ street and half way
between Surrey lane and Forty-fourth
place this will be enlarged into great
oval parkway providing touch of adj
ditional greenery to the section.
The great oval park in the CEN
ter of Greenwich parkway is ringed
with border of American box bushes,
500 in number, and outside this row is
a second border of English ivy. This
is protected from the street by a strip
of two feet Of lawn adjoining the
, curbing. The inner portion of the
| oval is covered with a neat growth Of
grass, broken only by four Camperdon
or weeping" elms of dwarfed stature
Boston ivy chambers over terrace
walls which are lined with barberry
bushes and here and there forming
color contrasts against white stone
steps are American box bushes. A
Lombardy poplar adds occasional
heighth to the landscape development
and four Japanese cherry trees in the
Spring provide dashes of color at four
points on the oval Of Greenwich park.
way. Wisteria, forsythia, hydrangea.
delicate bridal wreath and other
plants have been planted in all lawns
handspring in Rear.
Landscaping and other finishing
touches have been carried to the rear
of the houses, where from Is to 20
different plants are to be found along
trim wire fences, which mark the
boundaries Of the lots. Here are the
| calendula, verbena, colombine, Zinnia,
petunia, sweet william and holly hook
adding their color at seasons Of the
year to coreoposis, scabiosa and saliva.
| Closer glimpses of the homes pre-
sent other impressions. Plaques or
medallions bearing designs fashioned
after shields or coats of arms noted in
English history grace the facades of
houses here and there. And over mum.
bers of the houses are found orna.
mental stone lintels Of different de-
signs.
An old ship lantern hangs at the
side Of the doorway of one home in
Surrey lane and in other houses will
be found false windows, which are
reminiscent of early days in this coun-
try and in England when taxes on
real estate were assessed according to
the number of aperatures in build
ing. These blind windows in olden
times thus afforded architectural bal
ance or contrast in buildings while at
the same time the owner evaded the
extra taxes which would have been
assessed had the windows not been
blocked up as a part of the wall.