CHAPTER VIII 



Various Accessories 



Besides the matters already discussed there are various 

 other accessories sometimes convenient or even necessary in 

 the development of the home grounds. It is hardly ever the 

 case that all of these will be required on any one property, 

 unless indeed it be a private park on a very large scale, yet 

 on the whole they are often needed, and some directions for 

 their right development may reasonably be expected in these 

 pages. Some of these undertakings involve questions of 

 architecture, some questions of engineering, and others bring 

 up other technical points. It is to be expected that the 

 householder, looking after the improvement of his own prop- 

 erty, will consult the proper experts in all these questions. 

 At the same time it must not be forgotten that all these 

 matters have also their bearing on the beauty of the premises 

 as a whole, and so come under the special view of the land- 

 scape gardener. 



I. Arbors, summer houses, and covered seats of all kinds 

 may be very convenient and productive of much comfort in 

 a garden if a few plain rules be observed in their construc- 

 tion. They should be decidedly dry, and therefore must 

 never be placed in a low or damp situation or be too much 

 shaded or have the floor on a level with the ground. A 

 raised floor will in fact be indispensable, and it will be 

 drier and warmer if boarded or if open wooden stands for 

 the feet to rest upon be fixed all round it along the fronts of 

 the seats. 



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