. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS—DRIVES AND WALKS 29. C 7 e Fig. 26—An attractive driveway arrangement where a house is centrally located on a large city or suburban lot located in the rear of the house, unless formally treated as the front or main driveway. For an easy turn with a large car or truck, a diameter of at least seventy feet is necessary, measuring from center to center of the drive. In most instances the drive should be straight at that section which runs by the side or front of the house. This suggests that a turn of roughly ellipt
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS—DRIVES AND WALKS 29. C 7 e Fig. 26—An attractive driveway arrangement where a house is centrally located on a large city or suburban lot located in the rear of the house, unless formally treated as the front or main driveway. For an easy turn with a large car or truck, a diameter of at least seventy feet is necessary, measuring from center to center of the drive. In most instances the drive should be straight at that section which runs by the side or front of the house. This suggests that a turn of roughly elliptical shape is more practical than a perfect circle. Where there are two entrances the whole main drive can be made a half circle, or a section of a circle (Figs. 26 and 27). Sometimes space can be saved by making a party drive and turn; this plan is especially useful where space is limited (Fig. 31). KINDS OF WALKS AND DRIVES Cement (Fig. 32A). While rather severe in outUne and cold in appearance, cement is perhaps the most practical material for the. 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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