HISTORY 1 7 



duced in the embroideries in the portieres, the shape of the garden fol- 

 lowing as closely as possible that of the house, — in short, the garden 

 was as close a replica of the house as was possible. 



These gardens were usually built on one of three sorts of locations, 

 on a hillside with the house at the top and the terracing towards the 

 bottom of the hill, on a hillside with the house at the bottom, and the 

 terracing going up the hill, and on practically level ground. A feature 

 was made of the terrace wall and we find in gardens where the 

 topography was practically level that a terrace was provided and the 

 terrace wall made quite an important feature in the design of the 

 garden. Some time the wall was ornamented and not covered with 

 vines, in other cases a hedge was planted along the wall or it was cov- 

 ered with roses or vines. The terrace walls were supplied with but- 

 tresses to support the terrace, which were used as a sort of division 

 into areas for the garden space, and this was made use of in the plant- 

 ing scheme. For instance, in the space between two buttresses, which 

 made sort of a niche, the planting would follow a color scheme of 

 perhaps blue; in the next two red would predominate as a color; the 

 next two would be planted again with blue, and so on ; also sometimes 

 various ornaments such as statues, vases, etc., were placed in the^e 

 niches. These same color schemes would be carried out on to the next 

 garden terrace in gardens where there were several terraces, and where 

 possibly the line of color was continuous from one terrace to the next. 



This terrace in a way, superseded the mount, altho the mount was 

 still used. With the larger growth of the garden, it became necessary 

 to provide a better means of surveying the garden as a whole, which 

 the mount could no longer provide, and, therefore, the terrace was 

 utilized for this purpose and was so placed as to give a view of the 

 whole garden and as much of the surrounding scenery as the owner 

 wished to include. 



Broad walks made of sand, turf, gravel, etc., which were called 

 "forthrights" were laid out on a plan corresponding to the plan of the 

 building to connect the various parts of the garden, thus dividing them 

 as the walls of the house divide the house into rooms. Smaller walks 

 running parallel to the terrace were provided. The spaces which were 

 made between these walks were filled in with parterre beds and 

 flower gardens, edged with stones, box or other plants of a like nature. 



