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to mark the other half of the contra curve. 

 From the point of intersection with the per- 

 pendicular and the original curve draw a line 

 to the starting point, and another to the point 

 where the curve intersects the straight line. 

 From these bases measurements may be 

 taken as necessary for reproduction of the 

 other half of the curve. This is the simplest 

 form of laying a curve but the method can 

 be adapted to more complicated figures by 

 merely increasing the number of base lines. 

 The essential point to be guarded, and the 

 one which it is most easy to trip over, is in 

 making the curve continuous where it changes 

 direction at the point of crossing the guide 

 or straight line. 



OBSTACLES AND CURVES 



Every change of curve made in a walk or 

 a border or a driveway should have, must 

 have indeed, its real or apparent reason. 

 Merely winding walks are a nuisance and 

 tiresome. They will not even be used. A 

 "short cut" will inevitably be made, re- 

 sulting in a complete cutting up of the lawn 

 into irregularly formed patches. A curve, 

 though of itself beautiful, becomes irksome 



