THE GARDEN AND ITS 

 ACCESSORIES 



CHAPTER I 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN 



THE transient beauty of American 

 flower gardens pure and simple is 

 gradually giving way to a perma- 

 nent type that has features of interest all 

 the year round. 



We have come to realize that our gar- 

 dens lack an air of privacy and offer little 

 inducement for one to stay in them except 

 for the purpose of gathering flowers. They 

 are without those features termed garden 

 accessories that are so necessary if a garden 

 is to be lived in. 



The great wave of garden enthusiasm 

 that is sweeping over us, and is being so 

 much encouraged by many magazines and 

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