THE MAGIC OF ARCHITECTURE 



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Fig. 12 An elaborate garden design, though attractive, is harder to 

 maintain than one ot simple straight lines 



ourselves in a world apart and the cares of the world fall from 

 us, and, for the time at least, we are content. 



So let us build a fair world within our surrounding walls. 

 We must not crowd it with features; but there are sure to be 

 places for several of the happy accessories which we see or 

 dream of in gardens. 



Many a romance has woven itself around a sundial. Some- 

 way the sundial is to a garden what the fireplace is to the 

 collage. The sun and the passing hours bring growth and life 

 and weave beauty for us in gardens. A sundial is an altar of 

 thanksgiving for the blessing. And it is easy to give archi- 

 tectural beauty to that little altar. By all means let us have a 



