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be gentle and not winding. It should reveal something 

 new at each turn. The best view of the house should be 

 carefully treated. Its own effect should be reserved to 

 it, and not squandered on a half dozen unimpressive and 

 inadequate views. If the drive gives one good view, the 

 poor viewd ought to be hidden by plantings or by the 

 course of the road. 



For very large aud stately mansions, or in compar- 

 atively small gi-ounds, the approach may be straight and 

 lead directly to the front of the main building. Such 

 an arrangement lends dignity to a building which is in 

 itself imposing. Such an avenue of approach is usually 

 planted with rows of trees. Other drives, besides the 



FIG. 20. ENTRANCE TO A INULITAKY PARK, VERMONT. 



main approach, may be treated in the same general way 

 as walks. 



Walks and subsidiary drives must be provided where 

 people want to walk or where they expect to drive. 

 Neither is artistic in itself. Every foot of walk or drive 

 is a trouble, an expense, and usually a distinct detraction 

 from the artistic beauty of the place. They should, then, 

 be desio^ned to fit the actual demands of traffic about the 

 place. The most practicable thing is often to await the 

 most explicit call for a walk. When a path begins to 

 appear through the grass, the need of a walk is manifest 

 and its general direction pretty accurately indicated. 



Gentle curves are better than straight lines, for 

 walks, except upon small places or in a geometrical 



