THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



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LANTERNS 



Stone lanterns have been used for cen- 

 turies by the Japanese and Chinese, and 

 very pretty features they are in the day- 

 time as well as at night, when they cast 

 a soft light over some quiet corner of 

 the garden. Strange that only recently 

 has the value of a lantern of this nature 

 been appreciated in our gardens. We 

 have used many other ornaments that 

 had less excuse for being, while the pos- 

 sibilities of this quaint accessory remained 

 undeveloped. 



Because it is of Japanese origin is no 

 reason why it should not be used, in 

 American gardens, provided it is of good 

 design and occupies a position where if 

 lighted at night it would serve the pur- 

 pose of marking an entrance, or a path, 

 or some interesting little peninsula of a 

 garden pond. If used in this way with 



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