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esque villas. An endless variety of forms will occur to an 

 ingenious artist in rustic work, which he may call in to the 

 embellishment of rural scenes, without taxing his purse 

 heavily. 



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FIG. 21. GRECIAN VASE 



FIG. 22. GRECIAN VASE 



Sundials are among the oldest decorations for the garden 

 and grounds, and there are scarcely any which we think 

 more suitable. They are not merely decorative, but have 

 also an useful character, and may therefore be occasionally 



FIG. 23. MODERN VASE IN TERRA COTTA 



placed in distant parts of the grounds, should a favorite 

 walk terminate there. When we meet daily in our walks 

 for a number of years, with one of these silent monitors of 

 the flight of lime, we become in a degree attached to it, and 



