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Yale Picture 48-A-46, box 1, folder 2
Trumbull's inscription on the drawing is as follows: [From top left]:
- "The Temples of Cloacina (which it is too much the custom of New England to place conspicuously), I would wish to have concealed as much as possible, by planting a variety of Shrubs, such as Laburnums, Lilacs, Roses, Snowballs, Laurels, &c. &c. -- a gravel walk should lead thro the Shrubbery to those buildings.
- "The Eating Hall should likewise be hidden as much as the space will admit with similar Shrubs."
- [top right] "The yellow is intended to express the gravel walks--& the green the grass and planting.--
- "The ground in front of the Buildings to be divided by two broad walks leading up to the Chapel & Lecture Rooms, and the sides of the walks to be planted with Elms or other Forest Trees. --
- "Behind the buildings, the walks may be irregular & winding, beginning behind the two Chapels, & corresponding to the two broad ones in their front.--- The planting also may be irregular, consisting of three groups of large Trees, Elms, Acasias, Poplars &c. as marked by large dots -- & a variety of small Shrubs interspersed as expressed by the smaller dots."
