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terraces this is not always necessary, since the vary- 

 ing levels, with their banks and retaining walls, give 

 well-defined limits as, for example, the bowling 

 greens at Ashdown Place (fig. 58) and Dalingridge 

 (fig. 57), where the hedges are low. But even in such 

 a position the enclosed lawn is an improvement from 

 the point of view of its own appearance as apart 

 from the general scheme, a good example being Lady 

 Kenmare's tennis lawn at Killarney (fig. i), which 

 is set on the hillside, the view being preserved by 

 the series of arches in the hedge. 



One word should be added on the subject of 

 grass banks. These are an inexpensive method of 

 treating different levels, but they are difficult and 

 expensive in upkeep. Moreover, if they lose their 

 shape they easily become unsightly. It is therefore 

 worth while, where stone or brick is procurable, to 

 build a retaining wall, battered or sloping if pre- 

 ferred, from the foot and crown of which the level 

 grass can spread. 



Formal Flower Enclosures and Borders 



The height of the walls or hedges which sur- 

 round the formal gardens of flower beds will be 



