THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



Fig. 30.— The turn-around in the drive should be placed 

 on an axis (the main one preferably) of the house, as 

 shown here. A hedge bordering a drive should be at 

 least 18 inches back from it. and larger shrubs should 

 stand 3 feet or more from it 



Stepping-stones 

 (Fig. 34) make a partic- 

 ularly good garden 

 walk, as they are quite in 

 harmony with the spirit 

 of the garden. Laid 

 regularly they can be 

 used efifectively in the 

 formal garden, but 

 they are at their best 

 used as the informal 

 walk. Flat stones are 

 set flush with the lawn 

 surface so that the 

 mower wiU pass over 

 them without the 

 blades touching. The 

 stones (or even pieces 

 of thick slate) should 

 be set twenty inches 

 apart from center to 

 center; a good size to 

 use is roughly fifteen 

 inches wide, twenty- 

 four inches long, and 

 one and one-half to 

 three inches thick. 

 When broken flagstone 

 is used the pieces should 

 be fitted together ir- 

 regularly, varying the 

 size and shape of the 

 stones as they are laid. 



Brick (Fig. 32D). 

 For straight walks in 

 the garden, brickwork 

 can be made very at- 

 tractive; and by using 

 the same kind of brick 

 as is used in the house, 



