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tions, and thereby makes it look smaller and spoils 

 the effect of the picture. Terraces are also ex- 

 pensive to make and to keep in order ; and a 

 shabby terrace is always to be avoided. When 

 formal effects are desired, their value will depend 



160. Treatment of a sloping lawn. 



161. Treatment of a very steep bank. 



very largely upon the rigidity of the lines and the 

 care with which they are maintained. If a terrace 

 is necessary, it should be in the form of a retaining 

 wall next the street, or else it should lie next the 

 building, giving as broad and continuous a lawn 

 as possible. It should be remembered, however, 

 that a terrace next a building should not be a 

 part of the landscape, but a part of the architec- 



