Art Out-of-Doors 
out danger to themselves or the borders, but 
anything in excess of this should be studi- 
ously avoided ; and if a turning-place must 
be provided near the house, the oval should 
be made as narrow as convenience will 
allow, or the road should be carried around 
a plantation of some sort. Here again, 
however, the plantation should not be a 
flower-bed. It should not look as though it 
had been put in to fill up a sweep which 
had been made too large ; it should not 
look as though it existed because of the 
road. The road should look as though it 
took the encircling curve because there was 
an obstacle to its turning short upon itself 
which it was desirable to preserve. And the 
exact character of this obstacle should be 
regulated by surrounding things, and espec- 
ially by those which lie opposite the door. 
If it is well to shut out something unat- 
tractive, then a shrubbery or low-growing 
tree may fill the space ; or if it is well that 
the eye should have free passage, then a tree 
with higher branches may be chosen. 
But, of course, the arrangements which 
are ideally best cannot always be made. In 
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