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• Terrace/Slope
  (1718) made subtle distinctions between kinds of terraces (terrace walks, great terraces, middle terraces, etc.), those distinctions were not generally followed
  72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
• View/Vista
  Spa Creek saw terraces that elevated and accentuated an impressive Georgian brick house. A visitor permitted to stroll to the top terrace was treated to
  80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
• Mount
  stupendous conical pyramid, or artificial mount of earth, vast tetragon terraces, and a large sunken area, of a cubical form, encompassed with banks of
  21 KB (2,805 words) - 16:21, April 1, 2021
• William Bartram
  accompanied by vast square terraces, placed upon one side or the other. On the other hand, we never see the square terraces accompanying the high mounds
  42 KB (5,973 words) - 20:00, September 8, 2021
• Monticello
  nine-foot-wide raised terraces that provided open views of the landscape from the house. According to William L. Beiswanger, these L-shaped terraces recall the elevated
  78 KB (10,171 words) - 00:22, August 25, 2021
• Statue
  out in the English, others in the French style. In the latter are seen terraces, with statues and cut evergreens, straight walks with borders of flowers
  60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021
• Fall/Falling garden
  slopes (located between terraces) or flats, as at Mount Clare in Baltimore. A garden composed of a series of falls and terraces was often called a falling
  17 KB (2,281 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
• Fountain
  Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia, PA (1840; repr., 1971: 2:313) “Steps and terraces conduct to the reservoirs, and thence the view over the ornamented grounds
  68 KB (9,285 words) - 16:06, April 1, 2021
• Mound
  accompanied by vast square terraces, placed upon one side or the other. On the other hand, we never see the square terraces accompanying the high mounds
  20 KB (2,747 words) - 13:08, March 16, 2021
• Promenade
  Modern Gardening (1847: 584) “[TERRACES. . .] Mr. Loudon is more practical on this subject , and observes. . . “‘Narrow terraces are entirely occupied as promenades
  21 KB (2,637 words) - 16:57, March 8, 2021
• Border
  out in the English, others in the French style. In the latter are seen terraces, with statues and cut evergreens, straight walks with borders of flowers
  49 KB (6,996 words) - 20:56, March 29, 2021
• Geometric style
  about fifty years was not much better, and was distinguished for sloped terraces formed of grass, land and water made into regular shapes by art, and adorned
  29 KB (4,176 words) - 11:57, March 16, 2021
• French style
  out in the English, others in the French style. In the latter are seen terraces, with statues and cut evergreens, straight walks with borders of flowers
  27 KB (3,515 words) - 10:45, April 6, 2021
• Bowling green
  Gardening (1847: 584) “[TERRACES. . .] Mr. Loudon is more practical on this subject, and observes. . . “‘In some cases the terrace-walls may be so extended
  31 KB (4,393 words) - 16:19, January 25, 2021
• English style
  out in the English, others in the French style. In the latter are seen terraces, with statues and cut evergreens, straight walks with borders of flowers
  33 KB (4,627 words) - 14:28, February 17, 2021
• Walk
  place for recreation after school hours. . . “The hill-side was laid off in terraces and winding walks.” Bacon, Edmund, c. 1825, describing Monticello, plantation
  146 KB (20,921 words) - 14:54, August 13, 2021
• Aviary/Bird cage/Birdhouse
  floating aviaries on a lake or pond. . . “7258. Narrow terraces. . . In some cases, the terrace-walls may be so extended as to enclose ground sufficient
  16 KB (2,173 words) - 13:33, April 12, 2021
• Charles Fraser
  amphitheatre, on terraces of successive elevation, accessible by flights of steps and supported by immense arches. On these terraces was a sufficient surface
  25 KB (3,329 words) - 18:47, August 17, 2021
• Avenue
  accompanied by vast square terraces, placed upon one side or the other. On the other hand, we never see the square terraces accompanying the high mounds
  89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
• Flower garden
  characterized by broad terraces and paralléle walks, having the delightful shade and agreeable fragrance of the orange and the myrtle. Terraces may be advantageously
  123 KB (18,641 words) - 13:30, April 12, 2021

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