210 LANDSCAPE GAKDENING 



drive is a sort of semi-public room. There is often 

 another road for service, tradesmen, and heavier 

 teaming, and this is sometimes entirely separate, 

 sometimes one with the pleasure road, and some- 

 times the same over part of the course with a 

 branch-off as the service part of the ground is ap- 

 proached. Wherever the service road is a sepa- 

 rate feature, it should be made as unobtrusive as 

 possible, as its purpose is strictly utilitarian. The 

 planting of this road is therefore essentially eco- 

 nomic. 



Before the shapes of the planting masses and 

 areas are finally settled upon, the appearance of 

 the estate should be considered in a large way, and 

 this consideration should be divided into two mem- 

 bers, the public and private views. There may be 

 an intermediate or semi-public class. Certain 

 parts of the estate are visible to all passers-by, and 

 this aspect is known as the public view, and should 

 be treated accordingly. There are semi-public 

 views, or glimpses caught between the drive and 

 the main thoroughfare. These would be seen by 

 those coming to the house. 



There is then the more private or intimate part 

 of the ground, which is reserved entirely for the 

 use of the owner and his friends. This should be 



