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GARDEN DESIGN 



across a slope have this advantage : they can be 

 contrived so as to be invisible from the top, and 

 one frequently needs a connexion between two parts 

 of a garden while not wishing to make a visible line 

 across the grass. The curved paths proper to 

 undulating ground are liable to become tedious, 

 and in planning such a ground an opportunity 

 should be sought to get at least one straight path 

 through the garden. 



Sometimes it happens that a path necessarily 



straight is blocked by a 

 tree in the way, and to 

 curve the path would be 

 out of taste, and to re- 

 move the tree too seri- 

 ous a sacrifice. Such 

 an obstacle is an oppor- 

 tunity for widening the 

 path round the tree and 

 placing a circular seat ; 

 it is an excellent place for a junction ; or the in- 

 troduction of some detail in the adjacent grass or 

 flower beds. (See Diagram 34.) 



Straight paths will bear greater width than 

 curved ones, and as a rule they are nearer the 

 house and require more for that reason alone. 

 4^ ft. is quite the narrowest, and anything up to 

 30 ft. can be made according to the size of the 

 house, and of length. The latter is an important 

 consideration for the effect of perspective on a 



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DIAGRAM 34. 



