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another without leaving unvisited any particularly interesting stretch 

 of road and without being obliged to traverse the same road twice. 



The roads and paths in a landscape park by means of which people Circulation 

 on foot or in carriages or automobiles may go through the park, enjoy- 

 ing its beauties on the way and being conveniently conducted to partic- 

 ular points of interest and beauty, are usuallj', from the point of view 

 of naturalistic character, a necessarj' evil. It is true that if the park 

 be made to resemble a rather completely humanized countryside, the 

 roads and paths may at least theoretically be given much of the beauty 

 of English lanes and by-paths, if the traffic to be handled be not too 

 heavy^ and such a landscape might be very beautiful and serve well 

 its purpose of one kind of a country park. Very frequently, however, 

 the landscape character in the park is a wilder and more natural thing 

 than this, perhaps because it is what the site offers, perhaps because 

 the designer feels that this character is more interesting and more dif- 

 ferent from the city. In this case certainly the principal recommenda- 

 tion of the roads is their practical necessity. The park roads should 

 allow of driving in a circuit, — if the park is large, perhaps in several 

 circuits large and small, different in the views that they command. 

 The various scenes which are to be displayed to the visitor by auto- 

 mobile should be revealed to him to good advantage and in pleasing 

 succession, that their characters may enhance one another. The cir- 

 cuit drive should of course be far enough within the park to allow of a 

 sufficient screen between the drive and the outside city : the drive 

 should be in the park, that is, not between the park and the town. 

 To some degree, an increase in the length of the road merely to give a 

 greater duration to the pleasure of the traveler, and to make the extent 

 of the park seem greater is legitimate ; but any addition to the length 

 of the road is by so much a diminution of the area of the park itself 

 for those for whom the park may be said to be primarily designed, those 

 who enjoy it on foot. 



Theoretically at least the only wheeled traffic, except service traffic Roads 

 for the park itself, which should be allowed upon park roads, is pleas- 

 ure traffic, people proceeding at a leisurely rate to enjoy the fresh air 

 and the beauties of the park. General service and commercial traffic 

 should go around the park if this be possible ; if not, certain cross roads 



