International Peace Garden, Progress Report

              Terrace Panel
stairs. The)' installed the iron balustrades tin this wall and on the.
Canadian section of the main walls. Stone curbings were built
around two turf plots in the upper terrace and later around two
in the third terrace. The third terrace is enclosed by a low stone
curb some 380 feet in length. The second terrace is nine inches
higher than the third. Two sawn granite treads were put down
lor the entire 70 feet where these two panels meet. These steps
will add to the convenience where large crowds are visiting the
Peace Garden. The curve to which the steps were laid adds con­siderably
to the appearance of the flagstone floor in this section.
Three major developments this year in the Formal Garden
are: the building of the stone Garden House at the south end
of the upper terrace, the making of over 700 large flagstones for
the upper and second terraces, and the construction of the third
pool. The Garden House, 32x34 feet, has stone walls three feet
thick and ten feet high. The walls are not continuous since there
are two openings in the south wall, each seven feet wide and
the full height. The openings are wider in the east and west
walls. Piers at the north corner, three feet square, support the
roof. Thus the view of the upper terrace is not restricted from
inside the building. The roof projects beyond the walls four feet
each way. Protection from the sun and rain can be secured for
quite a number of people at one time. The roof is flat and at
present the lumber is covered with one thickness of roofing
paper, to afford winter protection, but in the warmer spring
season it is planned to have a pitch and gravel covering added.
Three- quarters of the upper terrace has been covered with
flagstones. The north end, where it is hoped to build the second
Summer House, was not flagged since the construction of the