144 GARDEN PLANNING 



On the other hand, gardens which slope to-, 

 ward the house throw the rain-water to the 

 lower level, necessitating some system of 

 drainage for carrying it away. 



In treating of terracing in small gardens I 

 do not use the term in the sense of walled 

 terraces. Walls are costly and not always 

 sightly adjuncts, especially in a small garden. 

 The drop from one level to the next may be 

 made by means of a grassed bank, a retaining 

 board, or a rock-faced slope, according to 

 circumstances. When the slope is to the 

 south, the face of the bank is well placed for 

 treatment as an alpine garden, and I know 

 of no better way of dealing with it. On grassed 



slopes shrubs may be used to conceal the 

 horizontal margin of the slope. 



Paths which pass from one level to another 



