Art Out-of-Doors 



entrance in the front of the house, as, in 



small and simple buildings, he must largely 

 depend upon it for the attractiveness of his 

 design. Yet even at some sacrifice of archi- 

 tectural effect it is usually best to place it 

 elsewhere. If the space available for a lawn 

 between house and street is narrow, it is all 

 the greater pity to cut it up with lines of 

 gravel ] and if it is wide, it is a pity to sac- 

 rifice its opportunities for fine gardening ef- 

 fects. Place the main doorway in the centre 

 of the front and a path must, of course, give 

 access to it, while, if horses are kept, the 

 impulse will be to make the path a drive, 

 although the broader the line of gravel, the 

 more serious the injury to the unity and re- 

 pose of the garden. It can hardly be disputed 

 that, unless grounds are so extensive as to 

 merit the name of a country-place rather than 

 of villa-grounds, a driveway should never 

 pass through them on the side toward the 

 street. Whether the outlook is invrard from 

 the street or outward from the windows, it 

 will injure their beauty more than any other 

 feature which is likely to be desired ; and 

 when such grounds are injured, the ov>uier 

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