82 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



Not that they may take their own course un- 

 guided, wherever they may list, by any means, 

 but for their guidance the instinctive direction 

 should be kept in mind, and the conditions 

 which determine it should be provided, where 

 they will guide along the line predetermined by 

 the designer. Generally spealdng, walks may 

 be put wherever they are desired; then, wher- 

 ever this may be and whatever their direction, 

 they and their environment must be so con- 

 trived as to make that direction seem instinctive. 



Planting is usually enough to provide all the 

 guide to direction which even the most tortuous 

 path may need; and of course large garden 

 beds, devoted to vegetables and flowers, them- 

 selves offer obstacles around which clean turns 

 must be made in the regularly laid out garden. 



Walks that are purely utilitarian need not be 

 so painstakingly worked out, for the utilitarian 

 walk provides its own reason and direction, and 

 that is all there is to it. Well proportioned and 

 of suitable material they certainly should be, 

 though; and planted and ornamented they as 

 certainly may be. But on all small grounds 

 their direction should never be interfered with, 

 for such interference wastes precious space. 



Take for instance the service ways in the 

 four plans given; they do not use up an inch 



