84 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



human nature in us — that is at the bottom of 

 the thing. Here we must let this impulse do its 

 work without interference; and there is no way of 

 doing this except to experiment, on the ground. 



Given the house location, try approaching its 

 entrance — its porch steps, if it is reached by 

 porch steps — from the sidewalk, from both di- 

 rections. Try it a great many times, until the 

 turn is instinctive, and not thought about; get 

 others to try without their knowing it, and note 

 the point where the majority leave the sidewalk. 

 There may be two such points; in all likelihood 

 there will be, if the two directions of approach 

 are used — in which event a spot midway be- 

 tween them will probably be the right place for 

 the gate and the start of the entrance walk. 

 Yet this may not be it after all, possibly, for the 

 point indicated by those coming from the direc- 

 tion whence approach will most commonly be 

 made, as from trolley or station, may be more 

 true to the situation. Or if not this exact spot, 

 one nearer to it than to the other, rather than 

 midway between. 



If for example the customary approach to the 

 place in Plate I, page 30, is from the left, then 

 no excuse that could possibly be invented would 

 serve to justify an entrance walk where that 

 plan shows it. Nearer to the left boundary than 



