TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Studies 
Find the necessary maps and from these draw off at large scale 
the road plan of your neighborhood covering at least one township. 
If this map can be taken from the maps of the United States Geo- 
logical Survey it will be possible also to insert upon the student’s 
map some of the contours, and these will be of much value in study- 
ing the location of roads. 
The following questions should then be answered by every 
student. If these questions can be freely discussed in class the 
results will be particularly good. 
1. What type of road plan is represented in our neighborhood? 
2. Is it, broadly speaking, the best type for the needs of the 
present day? 
3. What improvements might be made in details (referring 
only to locations)? Could some of these roads be relocated to ad- 
vantage? Could some of them be closed altogether? Could any 
new roads be opened to the public benefit? Especially could new 
trunk lines be opened between important centers? 
Readings 
BaiLey, The New Map of the Country, in The Holy Earth. 
‘Waucu, Rural Improvement, Chap. III. 
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