EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES 65 



II lawn. A somewhat irrregular line of grade will appear 

 ^ to be most natural, and lend itself best to effective 

 planting. This is specially true in the grade to water- 

 courses, which, as a rule, should be more or less devious 

 or winding; and the adjacent land should, therefore, 

 ^~^W\ present various heights and contours. It is not 



-^^..^.^^ always necessary, however, to make distinct 



^""^"■~^^^,^^^ banks along water-courses, particu- 



^^"""^-v^^^ larly if the place is small and 



62. A terrace or slope ^^^^^ ^^^ n2XMV2^. lay of the 



that tails too suddenly awav ^'^^^.^ , 



from a building. There should be ^^"^..^^ land is more Or 



a level place or esplanade next the ^"^^^-....^^^^ Jggg plane Or 



building, if possible. " ^""-""^^^.^ _ ' . 



flat. A very 

 slight depression, as shown in Fig. 63, may answer all the pur- 

 poses of a water grade in such places. • 



If it is desirable that the lawn be as large and spacious as 

 possible, then the boundary of it should be removed. Take 



63. Shaping the land down to a water-course. 



away the fences, curbing, and other right lines. In rural 

 places, a sunken fence may sometimes be placed athwart the 



