LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



Concerning the parkway from Washington Mon- 

 ument to the Potomac and the Zoological parks, 

 it should be said that, as far as the beginning of 

 the precipitous portion of the banks of Rock 

 Creek, a formal arrangement of footpaths, drives, 

 and bridle roads is secured, whereby the house 

 lots are reached by two roads, one on each side 

 of the parkway. The space of eight hundred 

 feet in the middle is occupied by a park drive, 

 by footpaths, and a bridle road, each of which 

 takes a direct course parallel with the adjacent 

 houses, as shown in the accompanying detail 

 plan. 



When the parkway reaches the steep hillside 

 of Rock Creek, it is allowed to seek the easiest 

 grades. It occupies a large portion of the pictur- 

 esque slopes with the winding curves of its drives 

 and bridle paths, ending at the boundaries of 

 the Zoological Park at the junction of Cathedral 

 Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, where it com- 

 pletes its course in an entrance so enlarged as 

 to include all three avenues. 



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