Gardening in Californi 



CHAPTER IV. 



CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND WALKS. 



IN the chapter on the "Preparation of the Ground" it was 

 advised that, after the land had been plowed, the subsoil 



plow should be used, and the ground thoroughly harrowed, 

 then cross-plowed and again harrowed. Finally it may be rolled 

 with a two-horse roller so as to break up the lumps of earth and 

 leave the surface reasonably even and smooth. It has also been 

 advised that, in order to show the proposed lines of the drive- 

 ways and walks, a center line of stakes should be set according to 

 the adopted plan, and at the same time it was urged that the lines 

 of these driveways and walks should be most carefully studied 

 from all points until it was felt that they were the best possible. 



Assuming then that these preliminary points have all been 

 attended to, the next step towards the construction of roads 

 and walks is to have two lines of stakes set equally distant from 

 the center line showing the width of the proposed walk or drive- 

 way. If for a driveway, these stakes should be set not less 

 than eight feet from the center line of stakes, and thus sixteen 

 feet apart from each other, as a driveway with a width of less 

 than sixteen feet would be too narrow for two carriages to pass 

 comfortably, and, besides, would give the grounds a pinched, 

 contracted appearance. 



If the stakes are being set for a foot-path, they should be 

 set four feet from the center stakes, and thus eight feet apart 

 from each other. A foot-path eight feet wide has enough width 

 and looks well in the grounds. 



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