PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



avoided. The Maine gardens of appropriate rock 

 and concrete boundaries and adornment have their 

 rockeries and water gardens ornamented with ob- 

 jects in harmony with their surroundings. Noted 

 water gardens of suburban New York show the 

 same practical idea in harmonious treatment. For 

 the fountain standing in a big lily pond, the sparkling 

 water is sent up into the air by a mermaid poising 

 gracefully on her concrete pedestal; and for the 

 cement column for the sundial-stand on the margin 

 of the pond, turtles very appropriately form the 

 base; and throughout the treatment of the pond 

 adornments there are many quaint suggestions of 

 the Catherine de Medici garden. 



The screening of garden corners for the display 

 of statuary, and various contrivances for creating 

 garden mysteries, form a later type of French treat- 

 ment that has deservedly found favor in America. 

 Many of the extreme features that opened to criti- 

 cism the work of Bernard Palissy, Olivier de Serres, 

 the three Mollets, and other garden architects of the 

 Renaissance, were modified in later conceptions. 

 During the early part of the seventeenth century, 

 the professional gardeners of France began to exer- 

 cise great care in securing appropriate effects ; and 

 architects were frequently employed to design the 

 grounds to harmonize with their buildings. The 



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