1 8 Fences, Walls and Hedges 



both as to design and construction as any 

 other architectural feature. As this type 

 is formal to the last degree, it is better 

 used in close proximity to the house, or 

 if in the garden it should have some rela- 

 tion to the main features, such as casinos, 

 pergolas, retaining walls and the like. 



Some of the best modern English and 

 German wood fences are as good as any 

 done before them. Whether acting as 

 fences in the usual form or as screens, ar- 

 bors or backgrounds for planting, they 

 are most appropriate for their setting and 

 never seem out of place or style. (Figs. 

 4 and 5.) 



The more complicated the fence is in 

 design, the more complicated it is in con- 

 struction. This is self evident. The 

 more parts, the more care necessary in con- 

 necting them and the larger the parts, the 

 more members to be assembled. 



When a post becomes over five inches 

 square and has panels and molding it 

 is built up of different pieces, which 

 should be, if possible, tongued and 

 grooved into one another and have the 

 joints set in white lead. Hard wood 



