. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Grading THE next step is to study and work out on paper the changes in grades, if any are necessary, and to designate the planting areas, walks, drives, house outline, division of property, lines of tile that may be necessary for drainage, and all such features, as well as existing trees, etc. After the problems are worked out satisfactorily on paper, the actual work can be done by following the plan. Terracing and the building of permanent features such as retaining walls, pools, and garden steps should be done
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Grading THE next step is to study and work out on paper the changes in grades, if any are necessary, and to designate the planting areas, walks, drives, house outline, division of property, lines of tile that may be necessary for drainage, and all such features, as well as existing trees, etc. After the problems are worked out satisfactorily on paper, the actual work can be done by following the plan. Terracing and the building of permanent features such as retaining walls, pools, and garden steps should be done at this time. Their actual construction will be described later. Where there is any cut or fill to be made the topsoil should first be stripped off and piled in a convenient place. If it is found that under-draining is necessary, the tile can be laid at this time. (For methods of drainage see under lawn making, page 15). The stripping can be done with a scoop on larger places, or with a wheelbarrow, where but little is necessary. We are now deaUng with the subsoil which must be graded just as carefully as the finished surface (Fig. 3). The purpose of grading is to insure proper drainage, improve the contour of the land surface, and give a good setting to the house. If the house is set lower than the street level, the drop from the street might be shghtly emphasized for a distance and then the ground. Fig. 8.—Simplifying the grading of the average suburban lot in which the ground slopes from the house down to the sidewalk. A combination of gentle grades is easier to care for and looks better than abrupt changes crowded into a small space (see page 13). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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