Class II
In this class the labor upkeep for the year consists of the equivalent of one man per year for 2-6 acres. It comprises such areas as described under (d) on [page 7], examples being the Cherry Garden, Fruticetum, and perhaps the lawn areas around the Museum. There are about 75 acres of this class in the Garden.
A Suburban Place
Design rather complex, outline of lawn very irregular.
Area 1.80 acres, composed as follows:
| Buildings | .18 acres |
| Roads and yards | .13 ” |
| Garden (mostly vegetable) | .13 ” |
| Lawn | .50 ” |
| Balance (trees and shrubbery with a few paths and herbaceous beds) | .86 ” |
Maintenance costs
| Labor per acre per year | $512.00 |
| Supplies and teaming per acre per year | 127.22 |
| $639.22 |
Rate per year = 2¹⁄₄ acres per man.
Shrubbery and Lawns on a Suburban Place
Area, 30 acres.
Rate per year = 4.09 acres per man.
(A little teaming extra.)
Quasi-Suburban Country Place, excluding farm lands, including considerable macadam road about 16’ wide, mostly grass-bordered.
Landscape portion, 22 acres, composed as follows:
| Grounds immediately about house, largely in turf terraces, with a few beds of annuals | about 3 acres |
| Nursery | 1³⁄₄ ” |
| Balance made up of lawn, partly hand-mown among trees and partly horse-mown, with considerable areas in trees with undergrowth | 17¹⁄₄ ” |
Rate per year = 2¹⁄₂ acres per man.
(A little teaming extra.)