The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



fire with water, either the level pond or the running 

 brook. The typical camp -site must be beside a 

 stream or lake; and thus the associations aroused 

 by the one are intensified by the other. And, more- 

 over, the pictorial effect of the flame reflected in the 

 still water is well worth planning for. 



It should be understood that a garden campfire 

 is not a bonfire. Indeed a blaze the size of a teacup 

 is frequently all that is desired. All the furniture 

 necessary in providing for this is a bare bit of earth 

 six feet in diameter, though a few rough stones 

 laid into a loose pavement, with two central stones 

 on which to place the fuel, make a convenient 

 arrangement. A simple flagging of cement may 

 be laid, but this verges rapidly away from the rustic 

 informality appropriate to the scene. 



Some comfortable seats ought to be provided in 

 connection with every campfire. These should be 

 as simple and plain as possible, harmonizing with 

 their surroundings. 



Statuary in bronze, marble or plaster, has been 

 used many times in naturalistic gardens in Europe 

 and America. It must be allowed that in a few 



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