THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



proportions, and in addition to their simple 

 accessories, flowers were in abundance and 

 grew in a natural and unchecked profusion. 

 These delightful gardens, planned by the 

 Colonists after the type they had known 

 at home, were good exponents of the 

 proper use of simple garden accessories. 

 There was almost always an arbor with a 

 circular top over which were trained grape- 

 vines. This was often the central feature, 

 and radiating from it were paths that were 

 frequently spanned with trellis arches for 

 the support of other vines and climbers. 

 Then at the end of the garden farthest 

 from the house, or in a snug corner, one 

 would be apt to find a little summer-house 

 or garden seat, and the whole garden sur- 

 rounded with a wall or fence or hedge on 

 three sides, with the house on the fourth. 



How unfortunate that these secluded, 

 intimate gardens should have given way to 

 a gaudy type of bedded-out plants and 



