THE CITY YARD 



avoided, ordinarily, because terracing means re- 

 taining walls, and masonry means just so much 

 room taken from the cultivable portion of your 

 domain; then, if it is not upheld by a front of 

 brick or stone, as well as a strengthening addi- 

 tion to the fence, your terrace will wash down in 



Fig. 3. — 1, 2, 3, Parallel flower-beds; 4, semicircular 

 flower-bed. 



a heavy rain or thaw, and become unsightly; 

 and, lastly, such things require to be done on a 

 large scale, or they appear fussy and overdone. 

 The uprights in the diagram stand for clothes- 

 poles, if the domestic economies require them. It 

 will be noted that they are placed on the lawns ; 

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