GARDEN ACCESSORIES 95 



Herm; fourth, the column or, under conditions 

 where it may be suitable, the stone lantern of 

 Japanese extraction, or some similar object. 

 Arches I have purposely omitted for reasons 

 which will develop later; and bird houses find 

 their positions in trees or atop of posts inciden- 

 tally and not as special objects of consideration. 



If I could have nothing else in my own garden, 

 I most certainly should have the bathing and 

 drinking place for birds. And the tiniest garden 

 imaginable need not be without it — this of 

 course assuming that there are no cats to turn 

 its delightful comedy into tragedy. Puss is an 

 adorable creature; still she is a feline, and we 

 have no right to lure songbirds into her zone. 

 Where there is a doubt concerning this very im- 

 portant point, therefore, the bath must be ele- 

 vated and guarded by a wire or sheet-metal 

 shield extending from beneath it, out around it 

 at least two feet on every side, and inclined 

 slightly up. This must of course have no outer 

 supports up which a cat might climb, but should 

 either be stiff enough to support itself or else 

 mounted on a frame purposely made for it. And 

 the bath should be placed in the open, with no 

 possible vantage point near enough for a jump 

 to be made clear of this shield, or from above. 



Where cats abound, the basin on the wall 



