THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



each stone sticking out by itself with a 

 monotonous sameness. 



All garden walls need a capping of some 

 sort in order to give them a finished ap- 

 pearance. If the wall is of field stone one 

 may use large flat stones of the same nature, 

 or pieces of rough quarried granite like 

 that shown on page 169, or the wall may 

 be capped with wood as shown on page 167. 

 A brick wall needs a dressed stone that 

 shall be in keeping with the smooth texture 

 of the bricks, or a cap may be formed of 

 the bricks themselves or of wood. Many 

 of the old Colonial brick walls were capped 

 with a low picket fence, and it makes a very 

 happy combination. Blue stone is often 

 used for this purpose, but it has few quali- 

 ties to recommend it. It is cold and unin- 

 teresting. A capping of concrete is of much 

 better texture and about one quarter as 

 expensive. 



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