THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



or cistern heads, but if used for other or- 

 namental purposes they must appear to 

 have come into position almost of their 

 own accord, as if in the course of their 

 travels they had discovered for themselves 

 a new purpose to which to devote their 

 grace and beauty. 



The old well heads and well sweeps 

 such as we have all seen in the typical 

 American farmyards are rapidly disappear- 

 ing from the countryside. What attractive 

 features they might be in some modest 

 gardens of old-fashioned flowers and box 

 edging ! 



If you have ever helped yourself to a 

 deep drink from one of those old sentinels 

 of the farmyard after a hot walk over 

 fields or dusty road, the memory of the 

 old bucket bumping to the surface and 

 spilling its precious burden on all sides 

 will always remain. And the sparkling 

 water, crisp as a bit of steel, no " wine fit 

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