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do well here. It may be constructed either in shade or sunshine. 
Sundials are neat ornaments and are more or less useful. They 
must, of course, be set where the sun will fall on them all day 
but they should never be put out in the middle of a lawn. A 
spot along a path with trees or shrubs to the north and open 
space in other directions is good. 
Statuary should never be introduced into small grounds, in 
- fact it would be better to leave it out of the ordinary garden 
altogether. The most of the statuary that we see in grounds is 
entirely lacking in artistic qualities or is even hideous. As a 
general thing it is most appropriate in formal gardens and it 
ought to be placed near dwellings or in the most artificial part 
of the grounds. The same thing may be said about fountains, 
for the most part. They are highly artificial and generally do 
not look well in any natural scheme of landscape gardening. I 
cannot understand the motive which leads so many designers of 
fountains to construct figures of animals and humans who throw 
water from their mouths. One sees such things everywhere in 
this country and in Europe, and they seem to me to be in the 
worst of taste. Fountains are all right in formal gardens where 
they harmonize well with the regular designs and architectural 
surroundings. 
Rustic seats are an attractive feature in a natural garden if 
properly built and placed. They should be set in rather secluded 
places; if convenient, in shaded nooks where a side path leads 
to them. It should be remembered that they are built for 
comfort, to lounge and rest or read in, therefore the seat itself 
should be made low; it should tip back somewhat, and the back 
should have a good slope. It is well to keep the rocking chair 
idea in mind when one of these is being constructed. 
Bridges should only be built where they are really needed, never 
for mere ornament, and this remark may well be applied to all 
kinds of structures used in making an ornamental garden. A 
bridge is allowable where it is necessary to cross a body of water 
and it should be, in a natural garden, of some simple and quiet 
design. In Florida, owing to the warm climate and abundant 
rainfall, wood is a poor material to use in rustic work, as it 
ordinarily decays rapidly. In the southeast part of the state 
