TEMPLES AND BELVEDERES 



Both methods of acquiring the desired result are 

 satisfactory, according to the wisdom and good taste 

 shown in keeping this somewhat unusual form of 

 garden architecture in harmony with its surround- 

 ings. 



The Grecian or Egyptian importation, of classic 

 design and stately dimensions, should never be found 

 in a small garden or closely adjoining any form 

 of rustic work or any other form of garden furnish- 

 ing that is merely picturesque and quaint in design. 

 When placed on the border of a beautiful garden 

 lake, and forming the main attraction of the section 

 of the grounds immediately surrounding, it imparts 

 the classic severity of the early Greek gardens. 



The same care must be exercised in the form and 

 the position of the less costly temple of concrete or 

 wood, of home construction, to keep it in harmojny 

 with its surroundings. 



Wood may be used to good advantage in place of 

 concrete in adapting stately types of these old-world 

 temples to our modern architecture. The big white 

 columns and quaintly domed roofs of stately temples 

 in famous Colonial gardens show very pleasing re- 

 productions in wood of beautiful marble originals. 



The garden temple of Italian design, known also 

 by the name of belvedere, demands careful considera- 

 tion of its site as well as its workmanship. As its 



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