BEAUTIFUL WALLS AND FENCES 



IN urging the advantages attendant upon the formation of arches 

 and pillars on owners of gardens, we remarked that they were 

 particularly valuable in small places. The less ground area there 

 is, the more desirable it becomes to create space above the surface. 

 The same line of argument applies in connection with walls. The 

 owner of a large garden can afford to ignore his walls although 

 he is not in the least likely to do so if he believes in having 

 a beautiful home but the " small man " cannot. Every inch of 

 space is important. He has so little garden that he has to 

 take advantage of every bit of support for plants, and he should 

 turn to his walls and fences as a readily available source of 

 accommodation for floral favourites. 



It is particularly in town gardens that this applies, yet where 

 plants are wanted the most they are used the least. Beautiful 

 flowers can never have a greater influence than when relieving 

 the desolating and depressing bareness of terrace houses in towns 

 and suburbs ; moreover, garden ground is almost invariably limited 

 in such districts. But town houses are not, as a rule, covered. 

 We may well ask if there is a good reason for this. Some per- 

 sons may not plant anything to cover their houses because they 

 only hold tenancies taken up for short terms. The reply to this is 

 that tenancies taken up for short periods have a way of growing 

 into long ones, and, in any case, it will be kind and generous to 

 think of the pleasure succeeding tenants will derive from what we 

 have done. Plants are so cheap that we can be unselfish without 

 having to suffer very severely for it. 



Other people may not plant because they fear the loss of the 



