ENTRANCES, DRIVES AND WALKS. 75 



external view is to be exhibited, the concourse area may 

 have a special treatment of its own. It may be flanked 

 by heavy plantings on part of its circumference, with 

 open vistas left at the most favorable points. Or, if 

 near a building, as is frequently the case, it may be 

 treated as an outlying part of the architect's work, and 

 made to conform to it in shape and ornamentation. 



Walks must be well drained, but should not rise 

 above tlie adjacent soil surface. Neither should they be 

 depressed, much', if any, below it, except for the neces- 

 sary gutter at the edges. The practical construction of 

 walks and drives is a matter of immense importance, 

 but it belongs rather to engineering than to hindscape 

 gardening, and besides, there is not room here for a dis- 

 cussion of it. The principal •artistic demands have, 

 however, been pointed out. 



