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GARDEN DESIGN 



DIAGRAM 61. 



forecourt. These were common at one time, but 

 the fashion for landscape gardening was against 

 their formation, and good examples must be sought 

 mainly in old gardens. Most geometrical shapes 

 can be adapted for forecourts, from a plain rec- 

 tangle to various polygons, circles and their deriva- 

 tives. Diagram 62 shows a forecourt recently 

 added to a house, in place of an ordinary carriage 

 sweep. The ground rises from the house always 

 an awkward circumstance and soil had to be 

 cut away until the requisite space had been ob- 

 tained. A stone retaining wall was built to keep up 

 the ground, and the new drive is contrived to 

 come in and pass out on the level. Steps in the 

 centre of the wall give access to the garden beyond. 

 For lesser places a carriage sweep is more appro- 



