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and a concave curve at the lower .part. This is a slope that 

 would ordinarily be terraced, but in its present condition it is 

 a part of the landscape picture. It may be mown as readily 

 as any other part of the lawn, and it takes care of itself. 



60. Treatment of a sloping lawn. 



The diagrams in Fig. 60 indicate poor and good treatment 

 of a lawn. The terraces are not needed in this case; or if 

 they are, they should never be made as at 1. The same dip 

 could be taken up in a single curved bank, as at 3, but the 

 better way, in general, is to give the treatment shown in 2. 



61. Treatment of a very steep bank. 



Figure 61 shows how a v^ery high terrace, 4, can be supplaced 

 by a sloping bank 5. Figure 62 shows a terrace that falls away 

 too suddenly from the house. 



The hounding lines. 



In grading to the borders of the place, it is not always neces- 

 sary, nor even desirable, that a continuous contour should be 

 maintained, especially if the border is higher or lower than the 



