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thus seen to show it at its best. We should aim to make 

 the first view of a residence and grounds as favorable as 

 possible. 



In places of the smallest size, where the door is near 

 the street, a straight walk is about the only one that can 

 be devised, and so of a drive to the stable. When the 

 door of the house is twenty or more feet from the 

 entrance gate, curves may usually be introduced by 

 having the gate not directly in front of the door, but a 

 little to one side. Such an arrangement tends to keep 



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SHOWING ADVANTAGE OF CURVED WALKS AND DRIVES OVER STRAIGHT. 



the area in front of the house larger, when the walk is 

 set to one side ; as a result, the house shows to better 

 advantage, than if the main front plat were kept smaller 

 by a straight walk encroaching upon it. The house in 

 figure 24, it is at once seen to have a finer setting with a 

 curved approach, than if the part in front of it were to 

 be narrowed by a straight walk, as shown by the dotted 

 lines. 



This principle is also illustrated in figure 25, both in 

 walks and carriage-drives. Although here, by making 

 curved walks, there is one more leading to the house than 

 if they were straight ; still with the foreground thus 

 arranged, the buildino-s are seen to much better ad van- 

 tage over the stretch of lawn, embellished with trees, 

 shrubs, and flowers (omitted in the engraving), than if 

 the scene were cut up by the hard lines of a straight walk. 



