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BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS 



In a suburban home or a country estate it is always desir- 

 able to locate the outbuildings at a place where they are not 

 prominent and to connect them to the main highway with a 

 road in which a graceful curve has been introduced. Easy 

 flowing curves for the roads are not only permissible in such 

 cases but are only recommended on such grounds that are 

 amply large enough to accommodate this treatment. Curved 



Fig. 129. — A good method for measuring the opposite side of a curved road. 



walks and drives should be avoided on small city lots. (7ur\'es, 

 no matter where they are introduced, should be easy and 

 flowing wherever they are used. Abrupt angles and corners 

 should be avoided. Whenever a road or a walk is made to 

 cur^e some, excuse must be apparent for the curve. The 

 excuse for a curve usually takes the form of a tree or a group 

 of shrubs massed in the proper places. 



Fig. 130. — The correct curve for a road or a walk. 



Treatment of Curved Walks or Drives. — As pre^'iously stated, 

 when a walk or a drive is made to curve some excuse must 

 be given for the existence of the curve, which is best done by 

 the judicious grouping of shrubs or low e^•ergreen trees. 



