56 GARDEN PLANNING 



wall suggest purposelessness. It may be taken 

 as an axiom that the principal path should 

 commence at some point conveniently near, 

 and preferably facing, the door by which the 

 house inmates enter their garden. Its direction 

 should be through the flowers, and it should 

 have a natural termination, or final destination. 

 The best terminal to a garden path in my 

 opinion is the summer house, and when that 

 feature is non-existent, an arbour, or some other 

 erection, should serve the purpose. Failing 

 that, the path might terminate in a square 

 expansion, in which a seat, sundial, or other 

 appropriate object might be placed. It would 

 be better to end it at a tool house or garage, 

 or even at a potting-shed, than to allow it 

 to stop suddenly nowhere. 



All deviations in the direction of the path 

 should be made at right angles. Diagonal 

 paths are not permissible. They never look 

 well in a small garden. 



The value of a path is mainly in proportion 

 to its utility. After rain or heavy dew the 

 garden would be uninviting without a path. 

 It also preserves the turf from traffic, which 

 would soon wear it to bareness. This sums 



