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different from the court garden, were primarily 

 for convenience rather than for necessity. They 

 present an excellent chance for combining utility 

 and beauty, inasmuch as they offer a convenient 

 approach and should likewise give a favorable 

 first impression. 



The terrace garden is not particularly utilita- 

 rian unless the house be set on sloping ground and 

 requires a level space about it. In such a case the 

 terrace garden is the most useful and beautiful so- 

 lution of the requirement. The illustration (Fig. 

 56) shows a terrace used as a gradual transition 

 from the formal design immediately surrounding 

 the house to the more naturalistic planting at a 

 greater distance. 



The patio is a similar esthetic utilization 

 of space left for utilitarian purposes. It is 

 found in buildings of the Spanish type, and 

 was closely related to the English "fore court" 

 although this last may be termed an en- 

 trance garden. Many of these courts were de- 

 signed as part of the scheme of circulation. These 

 may be seen in the early English manor-houses as 

 well as in the Italian Renaissance palaces, such as 

 the Strozzi and Riccardi or the Palazzo del Te. 



Horticultural gardens are the most important 



