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A strictly formal terrace, no doubt, goes 
well enough with a strictly formal house, if 
that is the kind of house you like. Butlers 
are particular about the kind of environ¬ 
ment into which they bring the afternoon 
tea-wagon, even if the owner does not 
mind lounging on a comfortable informal 
terrace. But you can get a great deal more 
abiding comfort and happiness from a ter¬ 
race which is meant for living than from a 
terrace designed as a setting for a Louis 
XVI garden fete, jolly as such tilings are. 
McHugh’s old Scotch motto to the effect 
that “Ye canna’ expect to be baith grand 
an’ comfortable” applies very aptly to the 
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In the furnishing of this tree-shaded, brick 
terrace the white benches serve mainly as 
architectural boundaries of the terrace’s ex¬ 
tent, while the light willow chairs, painted in 
natural green, invite their use for tea and talk 
(Left) The terrace treatment of a city 
yard is intimately related to the house. 
The paving here is of square tiles, and 
the furnishing pleasantly appropriate 
for comfortable outdoor living in town 
An unusual element is introduced into 
this English terrace', the severity of the 
flagstone floor is relieved by two formal 
beds of low-growing bedding plants and 
a rose hedge. Herbert Baker, architect 
