. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. central grass-plot, whether inclosed or not; it would be both graceful and rendered easier of approach, by having an elliptical sweep, as in B, from the public road a a to the gate c and carriage-road b. The great points are to secure abundance of space for convenient ingress and egi'ess, and convey, at the same time, the idea of libei'ality in the disposition of private property. 236. Similar principles ought to govern the shape and extent of the gravel in front of the ch
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. central grass-plot, whether inclosed or not; it would be both graceful and rendered easier of approach, by having an elliptical sweep, as in B, from the public road a a to the gate c and carriage-road b. The great points are to secure abundance of space for convenient ingress and egi'ess, and convey, at the same time, the idea of libei'ality in the disposition of private property. 236. Similar principles ought to govern the shape and extent of the gravel in front of the chief entrance to the house. In the plan given at page 53 this is shown as a circle; but an ellipsis, square, parallelogi-am, the form of a pear, thus, or any other shape, such as an irregular octagon or hexagon, may be chosen at pleasure, provided only the space is large enough. Where a house is close to a public road, the centre of the gravel is often planted with shrubs, as indicated by the dotted circle. The size must likewise be in proportion to the magnitude â of the house and the nature of the traffic expected : a ducal residence might demand 3,000 square yards ; for the house of a quiet country squhe 500 would suffice,âit should never be less than 300; from 400 to 500 3'ards is a good medium. A circular or oval form has the advantage of being easier kept, and of enabling carriages to turn within a smaller compass than any other shape. 237. In the plan annexed, the carriage-road b h approaches the house A, through a winding shrubbery, which conceals the sta- ble - yard C, on the left. The space in front is an ob- long, sixty yards t)y thirty, sup- ported by a re- taining wall, D D, seven feet high from the park, and three feet of open stone-work, with massive coping* from the inside, terminating in the shi-ubbery and wirft. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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