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of sylvan and meadow greenery lying beyond. When location 
permits the house and garden to crown the summit of a ter- 
raced slope, great opportunity is afforded for enhanced effects 
and views. We give herewith a charming example of the house 
garden after the "Grecian” pattern. 
The Grecian Garden 
Gay parterres of patterned color, with statues, figures and 
urns all enclosed with vase -adorned balustrades, are often con- 
sidered an indispensable feature, partially or entirely surrounding 
a stately house of classi- 
cal design, carrying out 
the pretty idea that 
architecture does not 
end with the house. 
The formally designed 
flower-beds, kept in re- 
straint by well -trimmed 
edgings of dark -leaved 
Box, with the contrast- 
ing groundwork and 
paths of white gravel, 
the borders carpeted with 
soft green turf, all add 
richness of color, distinc- 
tion, and a domestic 
character as well as a 
proper degree of for- 
mality to the building 
they embellish. 
Such a garden estab- 
lishes a happy relation- 
ship and connecting link 
between house and land- 
scape that pleases the 
eye, being carried over 
the glorious ground of 
color to its counterpoise 
and setting, the panorama 
