THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



should be sheared yearly, make an attractive 

 decoration of an unenclosed or open terrace, 

 add great charm to the house in winter, and 

 by their greenery are a constant source of joy 

 to those who live near them. 



Entirely different from the terrace with 

 artificial flooring of tile or brick surrounded 

 by balustrades and decorated with plants and 

 small trees growing in vases or tubs, is a 

 smooth grass terrace quite fifty feet wide, 

 upon which open the small-paned windows of 

 an old house. A low retaining wall of great 

 rough stones against which espaliers of peach 

 and pear are trained separates it from a 

 gently sloping field. The only decorations of 

 the terrace are bushes of box which have 

 survived the storms of perhaps a hundred 

 winters, and keep guard in the outer corners. 

 Upon one side of the terrace opens the house; 

 upon two other sides the ground falls away 

 into smooth pastures where sheep nibble the, 

 sweet grasses. The fourth side is partly en- 

 closed by a stone wall about ten feet high, 



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