TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
War. They may be regarded as an expression of the very best 
judgment possible upon the needs of American residence districts. 
Herewith are given also (Figure 31) the details of cross-section 
for Massachusetts state roads. These represent country road re- 
quirements, but the measurements do not run from property line 
to property line, and so do not include certain elements of impor- 
tance even in county highways. 
Fic. 32. Wine Srreet wits Dovuste Row or TREES aT CENTER— CoLorapo SPRINGS 
The following general observations may be noted: 
1. The right of way is often needlessly wide in American cities 
and villages and in the country. In the government survey dis- 
tricts of the Middle West and elsewhere the public right of way is 
four rods, sixty-six feet wide, though one-half that space is ample 
for all road purposes. 
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