THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



Too often this consideration is disregarded, 

 as when we see a homely vase of iron oc- 

 cupying a prominent position on a lawn in 

 such a manner as to attract one's entire 

 attention to its obtrusiveness. 



It is a most encouraging sign of the ad- 

 vancement of garden art that most of the 

 vases for out-of-door use that are being 

 designed to-day are on simple lines, similar 

 in shape to the plain garden pots that have 

 long been in use in the old world gardens 

 for the planting out of small lemon trees 

 and other half-hardy plants. 



There are many other vases, similar in 

 shape to the old oil and wine jars, whose 

 direct form and lack of superfluous orna- 

 mentation make them desirable for gardens. 



Garden lovers have long appreciated the 

 beauty of this type of jar that is still fash- 

 ioned in the home-made kilns in many 

 vineyards of Italy, and may be bought 

 when empty of wine dealers for a few 

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