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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



FIG. 119. — ALTERNATION OF ROUND AND SQUARE STEPS. 



they often make a 

 break. They should 

 have wide treads and 

 low " risers " so that 

 they are easy-going. 

 Too great a regularity 

 in their building is 

 generally to be 

 avoided. Rough 

 rubble masonry is to 

 be preferred to ashlar, 

 where stone and not 

 brick is the material, 

 but the rustic character 

 should not be over- 

 done. Great variety 

 is to be attained by a 

 happy conjunction of 

 straight with curved 

 steps, as is seen in 

 Fig. iig, which shows 

 also the value of rough 



