EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES 605 
lawn. A somewhat irrregular line of grade will appear 
to be most natural, and lend itself best to effective 
planting. This is specially true in the grade to water- 
courses, which, as a rule, should be more or less devious 
or winding; and the adjacent land should, therefore, 
present various heights and contours. It is not 
always necessary, however, to make distinct 
banks along water-courses, particu- 
larly if the place is small and 
the natural lay of the 
land is more or 
less plane or 
flat. A very 
62. A terrace or slope 
that falls too suddenly away 
from a building. There should be 
a level place or esplanade next the 
building, if possible. 
slight depression, as shown in Fig. 63, may answer all the pur- 
poses of a water grade in such places. 
If it is desirable that the lawn be as large and spacious as 
possible, then the boundary of it should be removed. Take 
63. Shaping the land down to a water-course. 
away the fences, curbing, and other right lines. In rural 
places, a sunken fence may sometimes be placed athwart the 
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