FRENCH FURNISHINGS FOR FORMAL GARDENS 



almost fac-similes of the fascinating flower walls of 

 Cherbourg and suburban Paris. They possess the un- 

 usual feature of having considerable beauty offered 

 to the public view. 



The walled gardens of England, with very few 

 exceptions, present only cold, straight, forbidding 

 expanses of stone, brick and mortar to the public 

 highway; while within, reserved only for the enjoy- 

 ment of the owners and their guests, are the wall 

 fountains, the profusion of blooms flourishing in the 

 rock-bound earth-pockets, and the trailing beauties 

 of wall terraces. 



On the hilly country seats of France the protect- 

 ing walls that confine the terraces, and prevent wash- 

 outs on steep slopes, frequently have their smiling 

 faces turned towards the public highway as beautiful 

 as those within the enclosure. Bright blooms nod 

 gaily to the passer-by. Little springs jutting from 

 the hillside are caught by cemented wall basins, and 

 form cool, refreshing drinking fountains, then ripple 

 over the edge of little pools and trickle down the 

 wall. By confining and separating, here and there, 

 the spring-fed streams and ripples are adroitly man- 

 aged ujntil they are made to serve as little irrigating 

 streams for causing water-loving plants to flourish 

 in the walls, as well as to beautify the architectural 

 features of wall and fountain with the sparkle of 



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