ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



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by sinking the carriage-drive, by raising banks along the garden, 

 or by planting; therefore, the space in front of the house must 

 be large enough to permit of carriages making a circuit as easily 

 as possible, say not less than 30ft. for a small house, or looft. 

 for a large one. There must also be enough space on either side 

 of the porch to allow carriages to draw close to the steps. 

 Fig. 18, after Macintosh, represents a house (A) confined on 

 the side of the entrance in a narrow space by a wall (B). 

 The drive (C) skirts a circular turfed space (D). Both sides are 

 planted with compact groups of shrubs. In Fig. 19 there 

 are two big groups (E, F) at the entrance, and a third at G ; 

 the house is hidden by those groups without being itself deprived 

 of air or of view. The last two examples are only suitable for 



Fig. 20. — (A) Correct and (B) Bad Dispositions of an Approach. 



small gardens. Fig. 20 shows a good design of drive (A), a 

 bad one being shown by the dotted lines (B). 



The Walks and the Paths, like the drive, are governed by 

 a very few general rules, though they present a great variety of 

 forms. They must lead in a natural and agreeable way to any 

 place of interest — say, to one commanding a good view over the 

 country, or having itself a picturesque aspect ; to a tree, to some 

 water, or to a playground. Alternate curves are a necessity, as 

 they enable one to view an object under different aspects, but 

 their number must not be greater than is strictly necessary. 

 On hilly ground the curves and turnings will have to be 

 more numerous. The width of a walk is, as a rule, 8ft., and of 

 a path 4ft. Their edges must be kept strictly parallel, and must 

 never be crooked, as they are sometimes seen in gardens. 



