THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



for the gods " could have taken its place at 

 that moment. 



FIGURES 



Although beautiful statuary is a fitting 

 accessory for city parks and squares, wherein 

 it is a stimulating moral example to man- 

 kind, particularly if a monument to some 

 great man, it should be used, if used at all, 

 with the greatest reserve in gardens. We 

 should demand that our garden be abso- 

 lutely perfect in architectural feeling in 

 order to be the fit setting for a beautiful 

 statue. 



We have been so accustomed to see such 

 chilly looking figures placed promiscuously 

 on many private places that it is difficult to 

 imagine their looking well anywhere. 



If a figure of marble, stone, or bronze is 

 to give pleasure, it must be beautiful in 

 itself, and, moreover, must be so placed 

 in a garden as to look as though it had 

 chosen its own abiding place, wherein to 

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