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by eliminating the grass slopes in favour of a little wal 

 garden, built of stones laid simply in soil, and planted 

 with suitable trailing and creeping plants. The advan- 

 tages of this would be that the width occupied by the 

 slope would become part of the border on the south 

 side, and could be left as a narrow border on top of 

 the wall on the north side. I illustrate by a sectional 

 drawing this alteration. 



Not the least of the attractions that would be intro- 



SECTION THROUGH " DRY " RETAINING WALL. 



duced into the garden scheme by thus sinking the lawn 

 would be the increased dignity and interest that would 

 be added to the design by the construction of some 

 simple steps. Simple stone steps, with careful and 

 tasteful planting, are amongst the most attractive 

 features in a garden, always providing they are not 

 used in such a way that it looks as if they were intro- 

 duced merely for the sake of having steps. 



There are three features in this design that I think 



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