THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



sheltered position, an ideal home for the 

 fantailed pigeons that strut around its 

 pia/za, like sentinels keeping guard over 

 the garden's welfare. The inverted oil 

 bottle that surmounts the roof serves the 

 purpose of frightening away the hawks that 

 persistently carried off the squabs and some- 

 times the old birds. It is peculiar that this 

 small bit of transparent glass should prove 

 such a successful defence, but the hawks 

 are as much afraid of it as they are of a 

 gun barrel glistening in the sun. 



Many old Colonial gardens had dove- 

 cotes. The colonists revelled in the free- 

 dom that allowed them to raise pigeons. 

 In the old country the keeping of these 

 birds was . confined to the lords of the 

 manor and to members of royalty. All 

 other persons were liable to heavy fines 

 and imprisonment if they raised pigeons. 



Aside from the enjoyment that comes 

 from having birds in a garden, they are 

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