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the terrace looks upon a good view, for since the 

 seat must not have its back to the prospect it is 

 important to be able to place it at right angles to 

 the walk, where the seats can be in pairs facing one 

 another. Another, and one of the most charming 

 of the many positions available, is at the end of a 

 terrace or long walk. Here the treatment will 

 depend upon whether the seat closes the vista or 

 whether the end of the walk gives upon a further 

 view. In the latter case the seats can be at each 

 side as described above, within such dwarf hedges 

 as are shown at the end of the bowling greens at 

 Dalingridge (fig. lo) and Ashdown Place (fig. 58). 

 In the former they should face the walk, and be 

 backed by a shaped hedge or wall and supported, 

 perhaps, on either side by dwarf piers, vases, or pots 

 with cut trees to give them some little distinction. 



Although an open situation (with a proper back- 

 ground and setting) is desirable for the seat, yet 

 there are innumerable places in the garden plan 

 which invite some means for resting and enjoying 

 the beauty of the scene at leisure. On lawns, in 

 enclosed gardens, beneath the shade of a fine tree, or 

 in some secluded part of the wild garden, the desire 



