LITTLE GARDENS 



of terra-cotta panels or borders, such as are cheap- 

 ly offered in these times, and wear nearly as well 

 as brick itself. Should a garden be surrounded by 

 a brick wall a large panel in terra cotta could be 

 built into the center at the back, or a seat could 

 be built out from it. The sculptor Pepys Cock- 

 erell has recently finished a curious work at 

 Lythe Hall, an estate in Haslemere, England, 

 w^hich consists in a frieze representing a hunt, 

 chiseled from the solid brick of a wall which is 

 farther ornamented by a coping above and but- 

 tresses below, and which is surfaced with ivy to 

 the base of the frieze. Were I doomed to live 

 always in a city, I would have the view from the 

 garden no less attractive than the view into it, 

 and I would therefore try to give some dignity 

 to the rear of the house by placing on it a large 

 design in terra cotta, or even in color, and some 

 beauty, by growth of vine and an exhibit of win- 

 dow-boxes. The architectural scheme of the 

 house should be carried into the stone or brick 

 wall enclosing the garden, and — but I must wait 

 till the ship comes home. 



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