STATUARY, TREILLAGE AND GARDEN FURNITURE. 



same purpose, numbers are to be found which have been removed from old houses, and 

 which are quite as good, if not better, than modern ones, apart from the interest which 

 their history may give them. In renaissance gardens they were often placed on stone 

 bases or used as finials to gate pillars or to mark the corners of the terrace walls. 



FIG. 209. 



LEAD CISTERNS. 



FIG. 2IO. 



Wooden 



garden 



furniture. 



Turning now to wooden garden furniture, we are first of all confronted with the 

 question, What is the best wood to employ ? A long experience of many kinds has 

 convinced me that, quite apart from its sentimental advantages, oak is without a rival 



FIG. 211. 



LEAD VASES. 



FIG. 212. 



for garden purposes. It is true that teak is very good, but it does not weather to such 

 a nice colour and, being a foreign wood, does not seem to harmonize so well with its 

 surroundings. Oak, too, when exposed to the weather, turns a beautiful shade of silver- 



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