IV 



THE WALLED GARDEN AND ITS 

 ADVANTAGES 



HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE DECORATIVE BARRIER 



THAT WILL KEEP OUT INTRUDERS, AND 



ENCOURAGE OUTDOOR LIVING 



To those of us who have travelled extensively 

 among old-world gardens, the suggestion of high 

 walls for enclosing spacious open-air living rooms 

 will recall fascinating visions of charming English 

 estates, and call up glimpses of fairyland set apart 

 from the commonplace world. In such a place mem- 

 bers of the family and their favored guests can spend 

 the greater part of the time, can rest and dine and 

 enjoy the exchange of hospitalities, entirely free 

 from curious intruders and prying eyes. Possession 

 of a walled garden is not the exclusive prerogative 

 of old English estates, however. American archi- 

 tects are awake to its possibilities. We have 

 learned that it is not necessarily an indication of 

 snobbishness to desire privacy and seclusion for our 

 outdoor living rooms. We are not considered un- 

 democratic and exclusive because we insist that our 

 indoor dining rooms and living rooms be shut away 

 from the public and there is no reason why we should 



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