THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



from that to the lower. By this arrange- 

 ment the water is a most conspicuous 

 feature, for it starts from a single head and 

 is diverted into several smaller spouts that 

 pass it on to the pool below. The rock 

 work is so arranged that small bog plants 

 as well as water plants can be grown. 

 Beneath the upper pool is a small shelf that 

 is protected from the dripping water by 

 the overhanging rock. The chinks of this 

 shelf are filled with rich loam muck, and in 

 it the bog plants are growing. 



The illustration does not show the foun- 

 tain in a particularly fine setting, but this is 

 because the garden that surrounds it is in 

 its infancy. To many, a garden amounts 

 to nothing unless it can be seen in all its 

 glory. The average person cannot wait 

 for Nature's assistance to make the vegeta- 

 tion grow. They must have a garden made 

 to order, and expect to see it the first 

 year as beautiful as the landscape architect 

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