Garden Architecture , and Hints on Landscape Gardening. 21 1 

 place in the centre an object superior in character to the ordinary vases or 



-D=^ 



^^_-™_Q_ 



Fig. 10. 



piers of the balustrade, though there is a still better treatment possible. 



g " ^^fc fe f| 



Fig. II. 



Fig. 12 is merely the outside elevation of Fig. 9, supposing it were de- 

 sirable to continue the walk to the lower level by means of steps. It is, in 

 all respects, a satisfactory composition. 



Fig. 12. 



It is important, even in trifling details, such as individual balusters, to 

 treat them as piers, and consequently not place one in the centre, no mat- 

 ter how great the distance between the piers. If they are immediately 

 under the windows of the house, as they are most likely to be, they are 



