WALKS, PATHS, ENTRANCES 79 



it be small, there is nothing so pleasing to the 

 eye and so generally a jSnish and ornament to 

 the design as walks of close-cut turf. That they 

 are wet after rain there is no denying; but so 

 too are walks of other kinds, and most other 

 things as well. The morning dew leaves them 

 reluctantly, some object, which must be granted. 

 But to my mind neither of these complaints — 

 nor both of them together — voices a sufficient 

 reason for not using them. However, where 

 they seem to, stepping stones of equal size and 

 regular form may be sunk into the turf regularly 

 and the effect practically unimpaired. Indeed 

 the stones themselves are charming, bedded in 

 the green, and may prove a real acquisition. 

 They should be regular where definite and regu- 

 lar lines prevail, only gardens of marked infor- 

 mality admitting the flat stones of all sorts of 

 shapes and sizes. 



The arrangement and the form of walks and 

 paths are of course of the greatest consequence 

 in the garden design, from every point of view. 

 Naturally prominent because of what they are, 

 and bound to mark divisions, they should al- 

 ways follow leading lines; but note, please, that 

 this does not mean that leading lines should in- 

 variably be followed by a walk or path. Indeed 

 it is better to err on the side of restraint in the 



