LAWNS, GLADES AND GARDEN WALKS. 



none of these materials are available, the walks may be laid with hard pinnell or 

 samel and receive a coat of fine pit or river gravel, which should be rolled in. 



It is sometimes found desirable in garden schemes, both formal and informal, to 

 make walks which cannot be connected at their termini with other walks or doorways, 

 and some feature, such as an arbour or seat, must, therefore, be supplied to atone in 

 some measure for what appears to be faulty planning. Such opportunities allow the 

 designer almost unlimited scope for originality of treatment, which, if successful, often 

 appears to be particularly appropriate. 



This suggestion should not be read as commending the formation of culs-de-sac, 

 for to be compelled to return by the same route is undesirable, so that walks of this 

 description should only be made when there are strong 

 reasons for so doing, as when leading to a particularly 

 pleasing view, a rocky eminence for instance, ascended 

 by solid hewn steps, or a rounded knoll surmounted by 

 a patriarchal tree, or so forth. Where a walk turns 

 abruptly at right angles for any reason, similar conditions 

 prevail and call for the same kind of treatment as that employed where it. stops short. 



Another difficulty occurs where a wild garden or wilderness adjoins and is connected 

 with a formal scheme, the treatment at the point of connection between the two usually 

 being anything but happy. To conceal the point of transition is usually hopeless, and 

 it is far better to mark it definitely either with a fence and simple gate or a pergola, 

 summer-house or arbour, placed across the path as in illustration No. 322, or a little 

 gatehouse such as that shown in No. 71, would, in some instances, be most effective, 

 apart from its present use. 



FIG. 164 



Culs-de-sac. 



Connection 

 of formal 

 and inform- 

 al portion 

 of grounds. 



FIG. 165. 



FIG. 166. 



In the informal garden it cannot be said that walks are at all necessary as ornament, 

 for continuous stretches of greensward generally look better, but, as dry walks are neces- 

 ary, the art of the practitioner should be directed to making them as pleasing as possible. 

 One of the first essentials is to make them express by their route and curves the contours 

 of the land, as already suggested for informal carriage drives, and they should always 

 have some definite and adequate objective, such as an important point in the garden, 

 a short cut to church or village, or happy connection with other walks, or the terrace 

 scheme. Where they are raised above or sunk below the natural level, or cut out of 

 the side of a hill, they should also be treated as recom- 

 mended for drives in such positions with a flat verge about 

 three feet broad on either side and then banks arranged 

 in flowing lines to meet the natural contours, as shown in 

 the accompanying sections (111. Nos. 165 and 166). 



Repton, who must have had a keen appreciation for 

 beauty of line, laid down certain rules for walks passing 

 through a garden designed in the landscape style. The 

 first and most important was that, when two walks 

 diverged, they should not appear as though intended to 

 join again, as in illustration No. 167, but rather as though they led to points far apart, 

 as in illustration No. 168. Another rule was that curves should not be too small or 

 unnecessarily repeated. They should instead be blended into long sweeping lines. A 

 third rule, not specially referred to in his writings but followed in his practice, is that 



FIG. 168. 



Repton on 



garden 



walks. 



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