138 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



If a six per cent grade is required, the assistant for 

 the observer, whose eye is five feet above the 

 ground, would pace eighty-three and one-third 

 feet instead of one hundred. For an easier grade, 

 the assistant would pace farther when on an ascend- 

 ing grade and the observer would do the pacing on 

 a descending grade. If the observer's eye was more 

 than five feet above the ground, the distance paced 

 would be correspondingly greater. 



For a large place, there will be many walks or 

 drives in addition to those approaching the house 

 from the highway, especially if there is uneven 

 ground or forest, and the location of such walks 

 and drives w r ill be determined by methods similar 

 to those just described. 



Having selected the site for the house and the lo- 

 cation of the approaches to it from the highway, 

 the landscape-gardener \vill proceed to choose sites 

 for the other features desired by his client. These 

 sites will be discussed briefly, approximately in the 

 order of their importance. 



GARAGES 



Nearly everyone who builds a house will require 

 a garage. There are many positions which it may 



