HOME GROUNDS 



to the house (Fig. 28). If a tree or shrub which is 

 good enough to be saved stands in the natural line 

 of the walk, one should not make an abrupt detour 

 around it, but shift the line for a long distance 

 so that the curve will be good and leave the tree 

 at one side. 



The surface of the walk should meet at its edge 

 the surface of the ground, the latter continuing for 



FIG. 28. AN ARRANGEMENT NOT RECOMMENDED. 



a short distance the slope of the former and then 

 joining by a graceful curve the general grade of the 

 land. This not only gives a good appearance, but 

 it allows the water to run off from the walk. Some 

 gardeners and janitors have a penchant for mak- 

 ing a ditch along each edge of a walk. Such ditches 

 are ugly in themselves even before they catch the 

 papers and other refuse that will be swept into them. 



