TERRACE WALLS 



flower-clothed walls, such as those in the old Salem 

 and Marblehead gardens of country-wide renown. 



There is an unusual type seldom seen in this 

 country but which has long flourished in England 

 known as the ha-ha wall. It is in reality two walled 

 terraces (one slightly sloping and one almost per- 

 pendicular) outlining and retaining the earth in a 

 deep moat. When next you visit England do not fail 

 to travel down into Kent, to- the home of Frances 

 Hodgson Burnett, and see her famous wall of this 

 character. In humorously describing the place, the 

 author of* ' Little Lord Fauntleroy ' ' admits that when 

 she decided to purchase this beautiful home in Eng- 

 land, with its historic legends and traditions, and its 

 splendid old garden, she was largely influenced by 

 the fact that it possessed a ha-ha. "Concerning the 

 ha-ha," she explained, "I burned with curiosity. I 

 had never had a ha-ha. I had never even seen one. 

 I had, however, read several English novels in which 

 it was most casually stated that the hero 'leapt 

 lightly across the ha-ha, ' to join the heroine on the 

 other side. Upon the whole I went down into Kent 

 looking forward to making clear to myself at last 

 how it was done, why, and at what personal risk. " 



After describing the charm of the old house and 

 garden, with its beautifully timbered and undulating 

 park and the ancient stone terrace from which one 



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