ATTRACTIVE GARDEN STAIRWAYS 



All stiff formality is thus avoided, and the pic- 

 turesque value is increased. 



When garden walls confine a steep upper ter- 

 race, the stairs are most appropriately formed 

 within the wall. The first step should stand on the 

 lower level, and ascend by easy grade through the 

 rough stone entrance, and on up the slope. An arch 

 of stone gives an effective entrance-way; and the 

 risers should be either of small stones set in mortar 

 or of carefully placed loose stones after the manner 

 of dry-wall building, making the stairway of the 

 same type as the wall through which it enters the 

 garden terrace. 



When the garden stairs wind in circular fashion 

 around the terrace planting on steep slopes, it will 

 give pictorial value to set four or five well-placed 

 stone or log steps, of irregular outline, at the begin- 

 ning of the flight. Then carry a little winding path- 

 way around a screened level. After rounding the 

 curve, a few more steps may lead to another curved 

 pathway. This plan, continued to the top of the 

 incline, will give the impression of a well-planned 

 walk of easy ascent, with a changing vista at every 

 turn, instead of a difficult climb up a flight of stone 

 steps. 



The stairway climbing any sort of steep grade 

 requires an architectural finish that will give an 



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