THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



it does not need any protection against 

 the severest weather, freezing and thawing 

 having no effect upon its rigidity. The 

 color of this material in its natural gray 

 cement shade is most pleasing, and seerns 

 to blend with out-of-door surroundings in 

 a way which marble or newly cut stone 

 does not. It takes on rapidly the soft and 

 neutral color of the common field stone, 

 and when made into some accessory of 

 pleasing design, never seems to look out of 

 place, as is often the case with imported 

 marbles. 



Again, the cost of this material is reason- 

 able. Garden benches, urns and pots, 

 fountains, sun-dials, pedestals and the like 

 may be had at a cost less than half of what 

 they would be if carved from stone ; more- 

 over, each piece is an exact reproduction of 

 the original from which the cast was taken, 

 but the products from the marble or stone 

 cutter may be a poor copy. 

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