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GARDEN PLANNING 



in fact, their making should involve the ordi- 

 nary principles of road construction. 



In laying down the line of a drive, if any 

 departure is made from the straight, the curves 

 should make wide sweeps. Abrupt turns in 

 carriage drives are apt to lead to unlooked-for 

 surprises on dark nights. 



The minimum width for a drive may be taken 

 as ten feet. 



There are two points in a drive which call 

 for special attention on the part of the designer, 

 viz., the entrance and the terminal. If the 

 drive enters the plot at right angles, it is well 

 to set the gates back from the road, so as to 

 make space for vehicles to turn, and this is 

 especially necessary when the drive leaves a 

 narrow thoroughfare. It is usually done by 

 making the railings or boundary hedge curve 

 inward toward the gates, or curved wing walls 

 may be erected enclosing a space approximating 

 a semicircle. 



When the drive enters the plot at an angle 

 it should break away from the thoroughfare 

 by a curve which meets the latter at a tangent, 

 or if from a curved thoroughfare, the two curves 

 should flow gracefully into each other; in other 



