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shepherds and shepherdesses, amorini and 

 grotesques. Lead is a very agreeable ma- 

 terial for garden figures, and it is regret- 

 table that no one is manufacturing them in 

 this country to-day. A few dealers import 

 lead work from England, and now and then 

 , , an old figure strays into the country, but for 



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garden gate post the most part tne use f t h i s material for 



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garden work is very limited. 



Good sun-dials of the "made in America" kind are also few and 

 far between. For the most part our stock sun-dials consist of 

 Doric columns of very doubtful proportions, or of a single heavy 

 baluster supporting a plaque on which the dial face rests. Very 

 little ingenuity and good taste seems to have been exercised in 

 their designs, and — I admit it reluctantly — we have almost no 

 dials to compare in interest with hundreds to be found in England. 



I am not going to excuse the scarcity of good design in garden 

 furniture and accessories on the basis of the youth of this country, 

 or its hustling interest in business, or its lack of a leisure class. 

 These are the customary and time-worn excuses for almost every 

 artistic defect we possess. We have the best architects in the 

 world to-day, and we have able manufacturers and good designers 

 of furniture for interiors. Among the three we ought to produce 

 garden furniture which is as good in design as that of any other 

 country, and which will be a real factor in making the gardens 

 livable. 



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