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House & Garden 
Perrett 
Of the informal terraces, the type that is 
paved with grass-grown flagstones and has for 
background the green of vines against the 
wall, makes the most pleasant transition to 
the lawn. F. Burrall Hoffman, architect 
Pictorial interest and charm can be 
given a terrace by such simple devices 
as those used here—a fountain, a brick- 
paved floor and a heavy pergola. 
Mellor, Meigs & Howe are the architects 
(Right) A formal brick terrace of this 
type, giving upon a sloping lawn and 
commanding a wide and unbroken view 
of open country, suggests the promen¬ 
ade rather than an intimate living place 
Hewitt 
all outdoors, with no cramping walls, and 
with the sky for its ceiling. 
There are as many different kinds of 
terrace as there are kinds of house, ranging 
from the utmost formality to the utmost 
informality. There are terraces of cut 
stone, even of marble, (rather pretentious; 
but often more livable than the-houses they 
adorn), terraces of brick and terraces of 
rough field-stone, or ledge stone. Accord¬ 
ing to the type of terrace, the flooring is of 
cut stone, of brick, of square quarry tiles, 
of flagstones, random or regular, or of 
cement concrete. The illustrations show 
many varieties without exhausting the sub¬ 
ject of terraces. 
