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conceal the interior of the estate. Back of the deciduous trees are 
five evergreen trees. 
Observe that the main road is so designed that it cannot be 
confused with the secondary or service road. One sometimes sees 
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Fig. 22, Entrance To a Private Estate 
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signs set up at road junctions reading ‘‘This way to the Main Build- 
ing.” Such placards are wholly unnecessary here. The main drive 
has its character clearly shown (a) by being the more direct — it 
lies exactly in front of the entering visitor; (6) by being wider than 
the service drive, and (c) by being on the side toward the gate 
lodge, the side to which the visitor’s attention must necessarily be 
turned when he enters. 
In short this little plan presents an excellent example of struc- 
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