THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



Trees are still trained this way in wall 

 gardens in England and France, and some 

 attractive examples are still to be found in 

 our latter-day Colonial gardens, but there 

 is no longer any particular reason for the 

 forcing process, except for the satisfaction of 

 having one's own fruit ahead of its natural 

 time, we have become so accustomed to 

 having all fruit out of season. Our South- 

 ern fruits and vegetables are almost as ac- 

 cessible as those of home raising. But 

 aside from the practicability of this fasci- 

 nating sort of wall garden, its continuance 

 should be encouraged because of the pleas- 

 ure this picturesque feature gives all who 

 have the good fortune to own or to visit a 

 garden of this nature. 



And how effective flowers and vines look 

 with a wall for a background, or rather 

 how effective is a wall that has a setting of 

 flowers and vines ! All stones are suitable 

 for walls. Those from our native quarries 

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