WALKS, PATHS, ENTRANCES 77 
by porch steps — from the sidewalk from 
both directions. Try it a great many times, 
until the turn is instinct and not thought 
about; get others to try without their knowing 
it, and note the point where the majority leave 
the sidewalk. There may be two such points; 
in all likelihood there will be, if the two direc- 
tions of approach are used — in which event a 
spot midway between them will probably be 
the right place for the gate and the start of 
the entrance walk. Yet this may not be it after 
all, possibly, for the point indicated by those 
coming from the direction whence approach will 
most commonly be made, as from trolley or sta- 
tion, may be more true to the situation. Or if 
not this exact spot, one nearer to it than the 
other, rather than midway between. 
If for example the customary approach to 
the place in plate II (page 40) is from the 
left, then no excuse that could possibly be in- 
vented would serve to justify an entrance 
where that plan shows it. Nearer to the left 
boundary than to the right it would have to 
be, unless it kept the position shown in the de- 
sign of plate I. Here, then, is an influence 
from outside the garden or grounds that must 
always be reckoned with in planning at least 
the main entrance walk. For of course its 
