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next and to the rail. Use for these, 

 boards not less than one inch in thickness. 

 If you have a broad expanse that you 

 do not care to have broken by the line of 

 a fence, a sunken fence can be used which 

 is merely an ordinary fence set in a hollow. 

 This depression or little valley should have 

 sides steep enough to shut off a view of 

 the fence, but at the same time not so steep 

 but verdure will grow. (See Fig. 3.) 



A fence set in a hollow is concealed where an un- 

 broken expanse is desirable 



It is evident that unless this form is used 

 where this is good natural drainage this 

 valley would become at times a river or 

 possibly a swamp. 



The fences spoken of above are simple 

 both in design and in construction yet it is 

 surprising what pleasing and charming ef- 

 fects result from a careful study of the 

 relation of one member to another, that 

 is to say, their proportion. The spacing 

 of the pickets or boards has also much to 



