. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 21 by sinking the carriage-drive, by raising banks along the garden, or by planting; therefore, the space in front of the house must be large enough to permit of carriages making a circuit as easily as possible, say not less than 30ft. for a small house, or looft. for a large one. There must also be enough space on either side of the porch to allow carriages to draw close to the steps. Fig. 18, after Macintosh, represents a house (A) confined on the side of the entrance in a narrow space by a
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 21 by sinking the carriage-drive, by raising banks along the garden, or by planting; therefore, the space in front of the house must be large enough to permit of carriages making a circuit as easily as possible, say not less than 30ft. for a small house, or looft. for a large one. There must also be enough space on either side of the porch to allow carriages to draw close to the steps. Fig. 18, after Macintosh, represents a house (A) confined on the side of the entrance in a narrow space by a wall (B). The drive (C) skirts a circular turfed space (D). Both sides are planted with compact groups of shrubs. In Fig. 19 there are two big groups (E, F) at the entrance, and a third at G; the house is hidden by those groups without being itself deprived of air or of view. The last two examples are only suitable for Fig. 20.—(A) Correct and (B) Bad Dispositions of an Approach. small gardens. Fig. 20 shows a good design of drive (A), a bad one being shown by the dotted lines (B). The Walks and the Paths, like the drive, are governed by a very few general rules, though they present a great variety of forms. They must lead in a natural and agreeable way to any place of interest—say, to one commanding a good view over the country, or having itself a picturesque aspect; to a tree, to some water, or to a playground. Alternate curves are a necessity, as they enable one to view an object under different aspects, but their number must not be greater than is strictly necessary. On hilly ground the curves and turnings will have to be more numerous. The width of a walk is, as a rule, 8ft., and of a path 4ft. Their edges must be kept strictly parallel, and must never be crooked, as they are sometimes seen in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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