General Principles ^y 



it rather suddenly within a few inches of its edge. The 

 mode of effecting this may be seen in fig. lo, which is a section 

 of a lawn falling away from the house, and crossed by a 

 sunk walk, the dotted line over the latter showing what the 

 level would be if the walk were not there or not depressed. 

 Where plants would be out of place on account of breaking 

 up a glade, or spoiling a vista, or intruding upon a recess, 

 this raising of the ground for some distance to a uniform 

 height, or giving it a very gentle undulation to cover a walk, 

 may be successfully adopted. It should be recollected, how- 

 ever, that, as before hinted, any portion of a lawn that is 

 raised takes off several inches or feet from the view of the 



Fig. lo. Method of Grading for Walks. 



part behind. And this consideration should suffice to keep 

 such banks down to the lowest level consistent with the ful- 

 fillment of their design. 



At any point in which there is a great change in the line 

 of a walk, or other walks branch from it, there is a special 

 necessity for having a mass of shrubs or some other opaque 

 medium to shut out such abrupt transitions from the house 

 and the rest of the grounds. Sudden turns or breaks should, 

 if necessary at all, be accomplished quietly and privately, 

 being at least screened from notice until they are actually 

 reached. Besides, the point from which a branch walk 

 diverges requires concealing for the additional reason that 

 the eye might otherwise travel from the house or lawn some 

 distance along this branch line, and a walk that can be thus 



