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grey-blue colour, and just a touch of rather faded gold 

 upon the round balls gleams from behind the beautiful 

 wistaria that spreads its branches across this fence. Near 

 by, the pale yellow of a Banksia rose harmonizes well 

 with the whole. It is simple in construction ; the stout 

 uprights with the balls are of painted wood, and the 

 slender sticks between them are bamboos. 



Then again, whilst we consider work which can be 

 done, under artistic guidance, by any handy carpenter, 

 Fig. 55 is useful, where the 

 shelter of thick wood is re- 

 quired in windy districts. By 

 laying two or more disused 

 railway-sleepers one on top of 

 the other, as at A and B, a 

 nice little wooden wall is made. FlG 55 



To give variety cut either one 



or two similar blocks of wood and place them so that 

 they stand upright, as at C. Upon the end pedestal, or 

 at intervals along the wall, place wooden ornamental 

 shapes, which will give decoration and finish to the 

 fence, as at D. A rope can be hung from these orna- 

 ments, and creepers trained to them will form festoons. 

 Here it may be mentioned that rope is better than wire 

 for this purpose, for it hangs gracefully, and creepers take 

 kindly to it. It should be about one inch thick. 



The lighter kind of woodwork fences which we have up 

 to now considered could nearly all be used, not only to 

 divide plots or whole gardens, but, as in old pictures, to 

 outline square flower-beds in a formal garden. We know, 

 from a delightful picture of Hampton Court garden in 

 Henry VIII.'s time, that not only had the beds elaborate 

 wooden carved figures (" Kynge's Beestes " they were 

 called) as central ornaments to each, but also painted 

 wooden rails outlined them. This must surely have been 



