Blomfield, Reginald Theodore; Thomas, Francis Inigo [Ill.]: The formal garden in England (London, 1892)

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would be raysed, whereabout the woode might
claspe, powdered with woodebinde." Switzer
mentions a terrace walk at the end of a garden
12 to 20 feet wide, 2 to 3 feet above the
garden, with a parapet wall on the outer side,
and a graft or ditch to separate it from the
park 15 feet wide and 5 deep. This sounds
rather bare and uninviting after Lawson's
beautiful idea.