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higher at the sides than it is in the centre. 

 The consequence is that, standing at any 

 given point, the driveway is not seen, unless 

 the position of the observer is right on it. 

 Even then there is only a few feet of drive seen 

 in the very foreground. The belt planting 

 fits in well with this particular contour. 



Grading to a pleasing roll is a matter purely 

 of artistic appreciation for which no paper 

 rules can be made. It is here indeed that the 

 landscape architect has the greatest chance 

 for expressing his art. The best contours 

 are never apparent. So sure as the rolls be- 

 come obtrusive and prominent they are bad. 

 An unbalanced contour will destroy the sense 

 of proportion between the lawn and its sur- 

 roundings and very often has the effect of 

 making the house look like an excrescence 

 on the landscape instead of nestling com- 

 fortably into it. 



SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS 



After the ground has been smoothed over 

 in the first rough treatment, is the time to 

 establish the grades, after which the other con- 

 struction work should be attacked in this 

 order: 



