F LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



A NEW IDEA FOR AUTOMOBILE ENTRANCE 



The general use of the automobile and the great weight of 

 this kind of vehicle require a very substantial entrance-way, and 

 cement has come into general use for this purpose. At the same 

 time it takes no inconsiderable portion of a lawn to build an 

 eight-foot driveway across it, and the expense is very great. The 

 picture illustrates two cement rails eighteen inches wide, which 

 is ample for traction, and which reduces the expense considerably. 

 It also reduces to a minimum the encroachment on the lawn. 

 By laying the tracks level with the sod, and especially when the 

 cement is colored green, it does not mar a lawn very much; nor 

 does it interfere with tennis or other games. 



On account of the narrowness of the tread it is generally 

 necessary to make such entrances straight, thereby lessening the 

 danger of running off the track, but in the case of a very deep 

 yard a gentle serpentine sweep can be introduced. Note the 

 hedge and shrubbery detail in the background and on the borders; 

 also the vine on the blank wall of the barn in the distance. 



A NATURAL THEATER 



Such scenes as this are common in England, Of course, from 

 their very nature and their immense size they are found only on 

 large estates, but there are many of them just the same. The 

 pergola on the left leads from the conservatory. In a case of 

 this kind there is usually a similar area in the front, the two 

 making a well-balanced planting covering many acres. Often 

 the carriage entrance is a winding drive through a grove or woods, 

 as in this case, where the forest on the right was built for that 

 very purpose, the peculiar balsamic odor of the trees being agree- 

 able to most people. 



This idea is being introduced in our eastern states by men 

 of great wealth who employ gardeners and foresters trained in 

 practical planting. The Greening Landscape Company makes a 

 specialty of forest development, the study of the writer for a 

 great many years having been along those lines. Success in forest 

 planting depends on an intimate knowledge of the habits of trees 

 and their behavior on different soils, as well as in the artistic 

 temperament to create a picture, all of which my staff of gar- 

 deners possess in full and rounded measure. 



