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COMMON SENSE GAKDEXS 



seen a wall around the garden of a house near Bal- 

 timore that was built in 1773. Note how ex- 

 tremely well the house and wall combine. Never 

 use tile, especially glazed tile, to cap a brick wall; 

 no finish at all would be preferable. 



The Southerners used a very good combination 

 of brick wall and picket fence; there is such an 

 enclosure on one side of the garden at Mt. Vernon. 

 On page 174 there is a reproduction of this fence 

 which has been built to make a forecourt for a 



Old Brick Wall with Moulded Cap 



house of Colonial design, and to shut off the 

 kitchen garden from the lawn. The trees around 

 it are very old, pyramidal-shaped Cedars, and 



