THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



garden in the peaceful dusk of twilight, 

 you came suddenly across the gruesome 

 figure of a warrior brandishing a weapon, 

 you would experience a decided " creepy " 

 sensation that would disgust you with the 

 entire place. 



SEATS 



In a garden that is worthy of its name a 

 seat of some sort is as important as a chair 

 in a house. Your garden can never have 

 an air of comfort without a resting place 

 of some kind. There are many styles of 

 seats that look well in our gardens, seats 

 that vary in importance from the simple 

 wooden bench without a back to the 

 elaborate circular exedra, as it is called in 

 Italian gardens. 



There is hardly a limit to the number of 

 designs suitable for this purpose, and yet 

 how homely is the stereotyped affair of 

 wood and iron, the variety so often seen 

 in parks and public gardens. Although a 

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