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terrace with bastion-shaped end is to be seen at 

 Dalingridge Place (fig. 10), where the direction of 

 the falling ground is also diagonal to the plan of the 

 house. These are but instances here and there 

 of a thousand problems which, if not squarely met 

 and solved, are sufficient to cripple the best schemes 

 and leave a lasting sense of dissatisfaction. 



Having dealt broadly with the principles of 

 design, and with those considerations which should 

 determine the general plan, we are now free to 

 examine the details in their proper sequence. It is 

 an easier task, for it brings our subject within the 

 readier compass of our vision. Moreover, to 

 examine the garden seriatim is a more natural 

 process than to attempt to take its full compass in 

 one view. The art that should be concealed must 

 suffer from exposure even in a treatise, — howsoever 

 worthy the intention, — but every one may appreciate 

 such recommendations as apply to single features 

 or well-defined situations. Those, therefore, who 

 neglect our earlier pages may yet linger not unprofit- 

 ably for a few hints on points of detail. 



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