Roads and Paths 



lawn, or to cross it to some spot not other- 

 wise accessible. And even on those sides 

 of the house where a path is needed it 

 should not be allowed to run close to the 

 walls. Sufficient space should be reserved 

 for planting against the walls, and thus, if 

 the further side of the path is properly- 

 planted too, from a little distance the eye 

 will see only the masses of verdure which 

 connect the house with the landscape about 

 it. 



When we are thinking not of a country- 

 place but of a more modest home — a simple 

 cottage in a narrow lot or a villa in wider 

 grounds — the first point to be decided is the 

 position of the house as regards distance 

 from the street. Cases are rare in which 

 the configuration of the ground determines 

 this question ; most often it depends merely 

 upon the size of the expanse of level ground, 

 and the taste of the owner. In former days 

 such a house was usually placed quite near 

 the street, its principal lawns and gardens 

 lying in the rear, as we see in Salem, New 

 Bedford, Annapolis, and other colonial towns. 



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