Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 34
that thecoping of the low wall (say 3 feet) is to be cut so as to make itsouter surface a continuation of the sloping bank above. This willmake a pretty effect, and no other fence will be required; but thewall must be of great strength. The lower line being merely asloping bank of grass, would… … of grading to a uniform slope. It does not show just the surface itwas intended to show, but will suggest to the observer the greaterpossibility of pleasing effects than on a uniform plane. Where a natural elevation for a house occurs a few rods fromthe street, with an intervening level between it…
