VII 

 THE TERRACED GARDEN 



Terraces and Balustrades 



THE term u terrace " has come to be applied 

 more particularly to a walk or platform 

 which is raised above the surrounding country, 

 but in a broader sense it may serve to describe 

 any piece of ground which has been levelled and 

 defined in relation to a building or other important 

 feature or part of the garden. It forms an essential 

 part of the general scheme as outlined in these pages 

 and, as we have already pointed out, its chief function 

 is to give stability to the whole design, correcting 

 awkward levels, affording the stage or platform for 

 architectural features, and generally providing the base 

 or axial lines on which the entire lay-out depends. 



The treatment of the terrace will not, of course, 

 be the same in every position, but it will usually 

 retain at least one open side, where the boundary 



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