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nor the workmanship too precise for the conditions 

 which we have laid down for garden architecture. 



Before leaving the subject of the terrace and 

 garden walk, it is necessary to touch for a moment 

 on the subject of the projecting terrace. It is 

 often of value to bring out a kind of promontory 

 at right angles to the main walk, as a pier pro- 

 jects into the sea, to screen some part of the 

 garden or to afford a special standpoint for a 

 view. Such features have already been referred to at 

 Dalingridge (fig. 10) and Ashdown Place (fig. 58). 

 A simpler application of the same principle will be 

 found in the bastion-like pirojections which can be 

 made along the length of a terracej^ diversifying its 

 outline and giving interest to its wall and balustrade. 

 Variation in plan is of the utmost importance in all 

 garden design, and where terraces are concerned such 

 innovations will be found of great value. Along 

 a broad walk, too, the bastion-like projections in 

 hedge or wall will give a gradation and scale, beside 

 a pleasant variety, to the whole design. The 

 occurrence and shape of these features will depend 

 upon their situation, but it will seldom be found 

 that a garden can do entirely without them. 



