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CHAPTER XVI. 



GARDEN ORNAMENTATION. 



A Rosebud by ftiy early walk 

 In a' its criinso?i glory spread.'^ 



— Burns. 



Garden ornamentation is a very big subject and 

 it embraces a very wide field : indeed it is very hard 

 to define where it begins and where it leaves off. 

 Look we to the boundary, and it is the garden wall; 

 cast your eyes towards the house and it is the flagged 

 walk and the terrace, the loggia or the arch ; gaze 

 into the garden, and 'midst the flowers stands a sun- 

 dial, a vase, or a garden ornament; the very path- 

 way to the rustic summer-house, if paved, is an attrac- 

 tion. The old well-head, the wrought-iron gate, the 

 garden seat, statuary, and fountains, have all their 

 place ; but when we consider the cut box or yew shaped 

 like a bird or fashioned to some quaint device the 

 thought strikes us, ** Where are you to stop," and 

 in what way does such ornamentation afl"ect a garden 

 of Roses? Surely the Rose, like any other flower, 

 requires a beautiful setting, and be it only the arch 

 or summer-house, few gardens can dispense with suit- 

 able ornamentation. The joy of a garden lies not only 

 in its flowers, but its walks, its trees, its shrubs and 

 general outlay. It goes further, for it extends to the 

 house itself. A beautiful garden is nearly always in 

 keeping with the house, and it is made to suit the 

 particular style in which the house is built. It is truly- 

 marvellous what can be done when the builder and 

 gardener conjointly work out a scheme. Messrs. 

 F. M. Thompson & Sons, of 14, \'ictoria Street, Lon- 



