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An informal variation of the forecourt 
has been made on the Cleveland estate 
of R. T. Meachant. Meade & Hamilton, 
architects; Pitkin & Mott, landscape 
architects 
formality is not for most of us. To be able 
to indulge in it one must be a considerable 
landowner. However, even a relatively 
short avenue may be extremely fine and the 
approach to many an unpretentious house is 
improved by a well-planned avenue of hand¬ 
some trees. 
Almost any tree can be used to make an 
avenue. Your choice must depend on your 
patience, your age, and your interest in pos¬ 
terity. Those;, who want an effect very 
rapidly should plant poplars, which are 
graceful trees and grow to a respectable 
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The perfectly direct driveway on the estate of Her¬ 
bert L. Pratt, at Glen Cove, L. I..leads magnificently 
between two rows of large maples to the house. 
The entrance scheme is by James L. Greenleaf, 
landscape architect. The architect was James Brite 
Looking from without the gate¬ 
ways on the Pratt place an idea 
may be got of the impressiveness 
of the formally designed approach 
in its relation to the formal house 
