THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



their tawdry associates, of which the chief 

 virtue seems to be the ease with which 

 they can show the gardener's skill in clip- 

 ping them so closely as to resemble rugs. 

 These tender exotics always occupy a con- 

 spicuous position on a lawn and are planted 

 in beds of set shape. This sort of garden- 

 ing was at its height about twenty years 

 ago, but ever since it has been dying a slow 

 but sure death, until to-day there is a 

 strong plea for the old-time garden with 

 its air of privacy, refinement and comfort, 

 a little world by itself w r herein one may 

 entertain friends away from the gaze of 

 outsiders. 



^ There can be no hard and fast rules 

 concerning the use of garden accessories. 

 Some gardens may be improved by the 

 judicious use of a pergola, or even a piece 

 of statuary in the form of a terminal figure, 

 but in others they would look hideous. It- 

 is all a question of environment. Our 

 14 



