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FIG. 52. 



The garden itself should be studied in every detail, for it 

 is typical of old-fashioned garden-lore, with that delicately 

 carved stone fountain and the simple formal square beds. 

 Think, too, of the poetry it conveys to us, with all Mary's 

 flowers, sheltered and protected in this quiet reposeful 

 retreat. We have her own Madonna lilies, her red rose- 

 bush ; and, still emblematic of her, the dove upon an orb 

 is at the head of the fountain. 

 Little details of the surround- 

 ing trellis should be copied, 

 and even the variety of alter- 

 nate wide and thin uprights is 

 worth noticing. 



There are so many different 

 forms of trellis, and they can be introduced with good 

 effect into modern gardens. Not only are they helpful 

 to represent accurately a fixed historic date of garden, but 

 they lend mystery and seclusion, which is what the garden 

 craftsman wishes to accentuate. 



j) ^ The Bibliography at the end of this 



volume mentions books in which are 

 good examples, but Fig. 52 and Fig. 53 

 are typical ones. How can we best 

 adapt these ideas to our gardens ? Are 

 we not often driven to use ordinary 

 iron palings, three or four feet high, similar to those which 

 fence off portions of Hyde Park ? Perhaps a playground 

 happens to be upon the outskirts of a field or park, and a 

 boundary is necessary. The iron railings are unsightly ; 

 but they are practical, because their pointed spikes go into 

 the ground, and they stand firm against any assault. By 

 tying bamboo canes to them in the form of the trellis shown 

 in the " Romaunt de la Rose," they become picturesque 

 features. Climbers, such as Lonicera Standishii> roses, 

 and jasmine, are trained over them. The iron is thus 



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FIG. 53. 



