THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



collection of old barrels and boxes, shabby 

 fences, and homely pavements, generally in 

 full view of the dining-room and of the 

 windows of the neighboring houses. The 

 idea of making these backyards into gar- 

 dens is practical. Pictures of some that 

 have been successfully remodelled on these 

 lines are shown in this book. 



Even in a space that is not more than 

 twenty-five feet square and where there is 

 scarcely room enough to screen the clothes- 

 lines from the view from the house, there 

 is sufficient space for an attractive garden, 

 and the clothes may be dried in it without 

 any harm. This process requires but a few 

 hours each week, and the rest of the time 

 the beauty of the garden need not be dis- 

 turbed. The old Romans dried their tunics 

 and togas in their little city gardens, and 

 delightful little gardens they were, at the 

 rear of the house ; an enclosure called the 

 perlstylium that was always surrounded 

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