THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



As an enclosure for some gardens nothing 

 could look more fitting than one modelled 

 after the lines of these old dry-laid walls, 

 but there is a vast difference in the appear- 

 ance of these stone fences, as they are fre- 

 quently called. Some are merely tumbled 

 together, while others show the beauty of 

 skilful workmanship. 



A dry-laid wall is one in which the 

 stones are fitted together without the aid 

 of cement and mortar. Unless well built 

 it is not so strong a structure as one that 

 is stuck together and pointed, but it is 

 generally much more pleasing to look at, 

 for each stone has a depth of beauty, and 

 they all blend together naturally without 

 being blocked off in set, checker-board 

 squares, as is the case with a pointed 

 mortar wall. 



If a wall is made three or four feet thick 

 and is put together with mortar only in 

 the middle, allowing the outside surfaces 

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