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while still wider ones sometimes have ii middle and two 

 side driveways, with trees on the plats between. Such 

 boulevards, or park- ways as they are also called, deserve to 

 be far more Avidely introduced, as means of augmenting 

 town beauty, and creating air spaces, where pure breezes 

 may have some vantage ground in cities. 



But there is an enlarged form of boulevard that is enti- 

 tled to consideration in American town gardening, where- 

 ever something more stately. and complete is desired. I 

 refer to the Grand Garden Boulevard, about four hun- 

 dred feet wide, and of which in Paris there are several 

 illustrations. One of these might even be introduced as 

 a substitute for a city park ; possessing all of its advan- 

 tages, and a number in addition, with but few of its 

 disadvantages. 



In such a grand boulevard, three hundred and fifty feet 

 or more wide, a breadth and length of base is secured, 

 that affords a chance for various garden effects impos- 

 sible in a narrower area. Long, ample, and, if desired, 

 winding drives, approximating closely to those of a large 

 park, are attainable, while the liberal Avidth allows of a 

 free arrangement of walks, bridle paths, groups of trees, 

 shrubs, and flowers, and open areas of lawn. Even lake- 

 lets, rockwork, arbors, etc., in varied extent, may be in- 

 troduced with little loss of fine effects, as compared with 

 large parks. 



Figure 114 illustrates a garden boulevard, four hundred 

 and thirty feet wide, with great and small circles, and 

 narrow boulevards and streets, that open into it of two 

 hundred, one hundred and fifty, and one hundred feet in 

 width. The plan shows two styles of laying out : the 

 lower part in the park, and the upper in the avenue style. 

 But in both, the natural style of arrangement mostly 

 prevails. In addition to the main garden drives, there 

 are walk-bordered roadways for traffic along each side, 

 and into which private walks and drives open. 

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