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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



there will be a gateway of some sort ; and if the vicinity, 

 outside or inside, is full of buildings, the design of tlie 

 entrance will ])robably be architectural in its main fea- 

 tures. There is such an infinite variety of architectural 

 ideas to be worked out for such places that no general 

 suggestions can be made. For country places, whei'C 

 the entrance is made among purely natural surround- 

 ings, considerably less of architectural effect is permissi- 

 ble. Some very simple, substantial stone work is usually 

 best. Downing, and the people of his day, always 



affected ^'rustic" 

 ■^'--^^"^ /-■-/•■ , ',^1'^ work — poles with the 



bark on — for such 

 places ; and though 

 these sometimes give 



a satisfactory result 

 they are much less in 

 vogue at the present. 

 It -is quite cus- 

 tomary to make the 



FIG. 19. STREET ENTRANCE. / 



Destination unreveciled. tum-lU, especially On 



moderate sized places, at right angles with the exterior 

 highway. While this arrangement is often best, it 

 might be greatly improved, in many cases, by substitut- 

 ing a less abrupt turn. The main drive may frequently 

 be arranged to leave the public way very gently at an 

 acute angle. 



From the entrance to the house or other main point 

 of interest the drive should proceed as directly as possi- 

 ble, and still be gracefully curved. Its course and 

 direction will be modified ciiiefiy by the contour of the 

 ground. Sharp elevations or depressions must be alike 

 avoided, by carrying the drive around them ; but the 

 grade of the drive must be compromised sometimes with 

 the course to be adopted, and nothing will take the 

 place of good judgment in doing this. The curve should 



