THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



What will the American garden of the 

 future be, a copy of the Italian garden, a 

 modification of the formal English wall 

 garden, an elaboration of the miniature 

 gardens of Japan, or a revival of the arti- 

 ficially natural garden now so much seen 

 in America and England ? If good taste 

 shall rule it will be none of these. It will 

 be typical of America, a garden that will 

 have an air of individuality, just as we 

 Americans, though a composite of many 

 nationalities, are nevertheless a distinct 

 type. And each garden will be different, 

 for nature never gives the same aspect to 

 different pieces of ground, and each must 

 be made to fit its site and surroundings. 

 They will have, however, the same spirit, 

 the same skilful blending of the best ex- 

 amples of garden craft of the world, and 

 they will be as well adapted to the require- 

 ments of the out-of-door life of to-day as 

 were the Italian gardens to the out-of- 

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