THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



cast-iron affair as a chromo from a painting. 

 Scarcely a more beautiful fence could be 

 found than that which surrounds the col- 

 lege yard at Harvard University; but the 

 garden that would have a similar enclo- 

 sure must be of a dignified type on a large 

 scale. 



What could be more ugly and cheerless 

 than the common type of cast-iron fence 

 so suggestive of cemeteries and cheerless 

 front yards of our commercial towns, and 

 the other hideous affair of gas pipe that one 

 sometimes sees around a garden ? They 

 can never look well unless completely 

 smothered in vines and shrubbery. They 

 should be sent with their friends, the fila- 

 gree iron fountains and junk-like vases, to 

 the refuse heap. 



It is surprising how varied are the uses 

 to which a garden fence or wall may be 

 put. A city yard-garden needs to be en- 

 closed, so does a garden in a wind-swept 

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