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steps. Vines can be trained gracefully along the 

 balustrade, hand-rails, and posts of the steps. A 

 rich border of flowers should be grown all along the 

 side of the terrace: in the spring hosts of daffodils 

 and in the summer larkspur, marigolds, lilies, iris, 

 and climbing roses and honeysuckle. The terrace 

 gains in style and beauty when the proper floral 

 decorations are tastefully selected and well com- 

 bined. 



From the terrace one can enjoy a fine view of the 

 garden as a whole; and it is a pleasant place to 

 stroll upon and to sit. Sometimes the terrace is 

 of two levels with several stairways. 



Leaving the architectural terrace, which is an 

 adjunct of the house bringing the house into relation 

 with the garden, we must turn to the garden terrace 

 made of grass, and ascended by grass steps cut in 

 the bank, or by stone or brick steps cut in the bank, 

 or standing outside with handrails and newel-posts. 

 If the steps are of grass, good effects can be made 

 by placing large jars, or tubs, filled with flowers, 

 ferns, or a single plant, such as the pomegranate, 

 for instance, on either side. 



The grass-terrace is very charming leading up to 

 the garden, leading from one garden to another, or 

 leading from the lawn proper to the sunken garden. 



