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.4 double stairway, interest¬ 
ingly designed, and construct¬ 
ed of dry masonry in which 
wall plants are used, forms 
a splendid end to its garden 
In the Philadelphia garden 
of S. Mcllhenny the steps 
compose beautifully with the 
wall and arched entrance. Mel- 
lor, Meigs & Howe, architects 
tion of the flight and let it run 
across the slope. This method of 
step planning produces such a 
flight as that illustrated at the 
top of this page. In this case the 
flight is divided at the top and, 
separating, produces two balanc¬ 
ing flights. It is a kind of stair¬ 
way susceptible to any number of 
variations in design. Very often 
the recess used here to hold a 
garden bench can be admirably 
adapted to form the background 
for a pool or fountain. 
Steps may be built with or 
without sidewalls or ramps. The 
function of the sidewall is pri¬ 
marily to protect the steps from 
earth washing in at the sides, but 
it also gives the flight a more 
substantial air than it would have 
otherwise and it further serves, 
at times, to prolong the line of 
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The landing at the head of 
these semi-circular flights is 
supported by an arch that 
serves as a niche for a bench 
on the paved terrace below 
In a wild garden steps are 
taken leisurely and they may 
ramble up their slope heed¬ 
less of the rules that gov¬ 
ern the more formal flights 
