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twenty feet would be required. Thi's may seem to 

 be a matter connected with engineering rather than 

 landscape-gardening, but the landscape-gardener is 

 concerned with the appearance of the street as a 

 whole and if it does not fit its purpose, and is not 



GO. ACE 



FIG. 43. THE CROSSING. This shows in full lines an actual street inter- 

 section where roads do not meet, a dangerous arrangement causing conges- 

 tion. Dotted lines with curves having long radii of curvature show a better 

 arrangement. 



comfortable to use, it will not have a good appear- 

 ance. 



The walk or path along the side of a highway 

 should have the same freedom that is here advocated 

 for roadways. Sometimes, in the country, a path 



