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PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



Fig. 28. — Entrance on axis of house, with drive constructed to a true circle. — See page 35 



drive, is an ideal grade. A ten per cent, grade, i.e., a rise of ten 

 feet in every one hundred feet of drive, should be the maximum. 

 A line in between these two should be established. In mountainous 

 countries, of course, it is often necessary to establish a twelve to 

 fifteen per cent, grade. 



On adjoining properties (Fig. 30) it is possible at times to have 

 a party drive and turn, allowing an entrance to both properties from 

 two streets, thereby affording a maximum of convenience with econ- 

 omy of space. 



In contracted spaces, where houses are close together (Fig. 31), 



