CONSTRUCTION DETAILS 



DRIVES AND WALKS 



THE arrangement of walks and drives is one of the most important 

 things to be considered when designing the layout of grounds 

 about a home. Of course there is not a great deal of latitude here 

 when dealing with the small city lot. In this case the drive is usually 

 straight, running back along the side of the property to the garage 

 (Fig. 19). One main principle must be adhered to, however, and that 

 is that both drives and walks must be as direct as possible. On the 

 large property, the drive may approach the house in easy, graceful 

 curves so that a glimpse of the garden or some feature of it may be 

 seen from certain points 

 along the approach. It 

 may be said here that 

 when curves are "just 

 made" in the drive 

 they should subse- 

 quently be planted in 

 such a manner as to 

 furnish an excuse for 

 the turn. For this pur- 

 pose a clump of shrub- 

 bery or a group of trees 



is placed ab the inside 



of the curve (Fig. 15). 



In long, straight ap- 

 proaches avoid the use 



of circles, etc. Such 



approaches may be 



planted out in straight 



lines and at even in- 

 tervals. On the usual 



fifty-foot city lot the 



methods of running the 



walk to the house are 



limited. It should not 



cut across the center of 



the yard as this cuts up 



the lawn and makes it 



appear really smaller 



than it is and diflficult 



Fig. 22. -Or 

 as a border 



if preferred, a long, straight path may have 

 t low, closely clipped hedge. Boxwood is 

 especially good where it is hardy 



