. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 112 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. preserved. Grass walks are not so common as they were. On well-drained lawns the whole surface becomes a walk at pleasure, and grass walks ought never to be depended upon as necessary routes to or from any given place. When of great length, and 12 or 18 feet wide, however, they have a noble eflect. The late Mr. Loudon recommends, where there is much traffic on grass walks, that their bottom should be formed with stone, as if for gravel; but it will b
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 112 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. preserved. Grass walks are not so common as they were. On well-drained lawns the whole surface becomes a walk at pleasure, and grass walks ought never to be depended upon as necessary routes to or from any given place. When of great length, and 12 or 18 feet wide, however, they have a noble eflect. The late Mr. Loudon recommends, where there is much traffic on grass walks, that their bottom should be formed with stone, as if for gravel; but it will be more satisfactory to make good gravel walks for the general trafiBc, and reserve the grass walks for delightful promenades in fine weather. '247. In reference to statues, rustic houses, bridges, &c., which are oftei'i mors attractive at a distance than enjoyable when reached, Shenstone's principle of the eye and foot reaching them by a different route may be often applicable. Occasional ruins and bridges may be introduced to please the eye^. IKOX EEIDGE rOK A PAKE. that are never intended to be reached by the foot at all: it is bad taste, however, to erect a bridge where there is no water, or other apparent reason for its existence, apart from its mere effect upon the landscape ; but wherever the nature of the ground requues a bridge, a distant view of it ought to be obtained, as few objects can be made more effective in a landscape. Viewed at a distance, the mind contemplates its features of beauty only; as we approach it, considerations regarding its strength and security predomi- nate. Hence, every bridge in a pleasure-ground, whether formed of iron, stone, or wood, of the most elaborate architectural design or the rudest rustic form, should not only be, but appear at first sight to be, perfectly safe; if there is the slightest doubt on this ground, the whole pleasure of the scene will be lost. Of whatever form or substance the sides of the bridge are made, they should
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