46 



The Landscape Gardening Book 



Origmally there was the usual walk, leading straight from the 

 sidewalk to the front steps of the dwelling. This of course cut 

 the already small lawn into two parts, the two patches being 

 each about eighteen by twenty-five feet. The lot is fifty by 



one hundred. The walk to 

 the kitchen was where it is 

 now, and had to stay there 

 because of the general plan of 

 the house. Only two courses 

 therefore were open as a 

 means of improvement. 



One was to move the point 

 of departure of the kitchen 

 walk from the sidewalk, along 

 six feet to the left ; to broaden 

 this walk to four feet, and 

 branch it into a Y when 

 within six feet of the house. 

 The right arm would then 

 disappear^ as kitchen walk, 

 arotmd the corner of the build- 

 ing, while the left would termi- 

 nate at the foot of the steps. 

 This would of course have made one gateway and one walk, 

 for a certain space, serve two entrances. And the disadvantages 

 of having a service entrance and a main entrance the same, even 

 on a very small place, are obvious. But this was not the only 

 thing which decided against such an arrangement as that just 

 outlined, and in favor of the scheme as it is here shown. The 

 unalterable way in and out to this place is at the left hand corner. 

 That psychological influence which is forever at work in this 



A typical suburban lot redeemed by an 

 unusual arrangement of walks 



