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much more interesting if the entrance is placed farther 

 at one side. Fig. 497 shows how such a drive may be made 

 with a fork so as to provide for a near cut to the carriage 

 house, and enclosing therein a group of ornamental trees 

 and shrubs about which to turn, without backing the horse 

 over the lawn. 



M;m\ people make the mistake of planning out more 

 roads and walks than can be kept 111 order. No path or 

 drive should be made that is not .tself a necessity ; for 

 while gentle curves are admissible and add much to the 

 beauty of the yard, utility must nevei be sacrificed to attain 

 them. 



The American Agriculturist gives a couple of diagrams 

 which are helpful in this connection. One is a plan for 

 preventing weeds from encroaching upon the drives and 

 walks. It consists simply in cutting a narrow V-shaped trench 

 of the walk, and filling it in with sifted coal ashes, well packed 

 in Fig. 498 A subscriber writes that he had had such a walk 

 seven years, and it has proved a perfect barrier against all grass 





Fig. 498. 



The other is a lawn and drive roller (Fig. 499), a home-made affair for 

 rounding and hardening up the walks and drives, and, at the same time, clearing 

 ihem from weeds, moss and grass. The rollers are light; 18 inches in diameter 

 and three feet wide, with a seat for the driver bolted to the platform. Near his 

 feet is an iron rod which connects with a scraper resting below on the ground. 

 The scraper is made of a plank, two inches thick and six inches wide, bolted to 



Fig. 497. 



along the edges 

 down, as shown 

 so protected for 



roots. 



mi. '' 



Fig. 499. 



two irons by which it is drawn. It has a thin strip of steel bolted to its lower 

 edge, which takes off more or less of the surface of the walk, according to the 



