TERRACE WALLS 



tion, a regularly laid wall of brick or stone will be 

 out of harmony with its surroundings. In order to 

 produce the effect of a natural outcropping of rock, 

 have the stretch of terrace packed down firmly at 

 the top, with a tangle of trailers and creeping roses 

 like the wichuraiana, to keep the soil from washing, 

 and an irregular line of big rocks along the base of 

 the embankment. This rugged retaining wall will 

 not require any foundation. The bowlders are 

 simply set in a slanting position against the bank of 

 earth, and will be kept securely in place by their 

 weight and their incline. When the nature of the 

 garden is hilly and rocky, picturesque retaining walls 

 can be built on this order at little cost beyond the ex- 

 pense of hauling from the garden quarry or the rock- 

 cleared lawns to the wall and driveway terraces. 



The form of garden construction and decoration 

 that expresses personality is the only type that is 

 really successful. The land flattened and levelled by 

 expensive grading until all its beautiful natural con- 

 tour is obliterated presents one of the most serious 

 mistakes in home surroundings. Boiling lawns and 

 picturesque terraces, intelligently treated, are al- 

 ways more beautiful than flat sameness. 



