. Farm horticulture, prepared especially for those interested in either home or commercial horticulture. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 306 BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS In a suburban home or a country estate it is always desir- able to locate the outbuildings at a place where they are not prominent and to connect them to the main highway with a road in which a graceful curve has been introduced. Easy flowing curves for the roads are not only permissible in such cases but are only recommended on such grounds that are amply large enough to accommodate this treatment. Curved. Fig. 129.—A goo
. Farm horticulture, prepared especially for those interested in either home or commercial horticulture. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 306 BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS In a suburban home or a country estate it is always desir- able to locate the outbuildings at a place where they are not prominent and to connect them to the main highway with a road in which a graceful curve has been introduced. Easy flowing curves for the roads are not only permissible in such cases but are only recommended on such grounds that are amply large enough to accommodate this treatment. Curved. Fig. 129.—A good method for measuring the opposite side of a curved road. walks and drives should be avoided on small city lots. (7ur\'es, no matter where they are introduced, should be easy and flowing wherever they are used. Abrupt angles and corners should be avoided. Whenever a road or a walk is made to cur^e some,excuse must be apparent for the curve. The excuse for a curve usually takes the form of a tree or a group of shrubs massed in the proper 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 Hood, George William, 1886-. Philadelphia, New York, Lea & Febiger
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