THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



days, for the lover of out of doors will find it 

 sunny and cheery if the walls are tight on 

 the north side so as to stop the wind. 



"A simple garden-house against a wall " 

 is a refreshing note in an old-fashioned 

 enclosed garden. Its simple wooden roof 

 and dainty columns give it a light and 

 playful look in comparison to the dignified 

 wall on either side. It has a little door at 

 the back that opens on a path that leads to 

 the kitchen garden. This is an interesting 

 treatment of a summer-house and garden 

 entrance combined, a rare bit of Colo- 

 nial architecture of which there is far too 

 little in our gardens. In the same garden 

 is another " summer-house at the end of 

 a garden wall " that is quite different from 

 this one. Although made of wood it has 

 much dignity of outline and refinement of 

 color that combine to make it a fitting 

 ending to the stolid wall. This structure 

 closely resembles the "gazebo" of Eng- 

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