8 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



connecting separated gardens. In any case like 

 this, how much better to introduce English step- 

 ping stones. There is a picturesque coloring in 

 their soft, gray hue, contrasting pleasingly with a 

 line of grass between. They also break the monot- 

 ony given by a solid mass of green and lend to this 

 particular part of the ground an old-world as- 

 pect. 



Have you ever stopped to think when planning 

 for your next year's garden that designs can be 

 easily varied to bring out some new thought and 

 make a change that is alluring? It is the careful 

 introduction of these novel ideas that gives zest to 

 garden culture. Every person has a different idea 

 of what is right in garden culture and uncon- 

 sciously treats the old plan in an individual man- 

 ner. A little touch here and there goes a great way 

 in producing odd effects. 



Among the many materials that can be used for 

 this feature of the garden is brick, and of this there 

 are many kinds. For the old-fashioned garden 

 the second-hand brick gives a Colonial atmosphere. 

 For the gardens of to-day it is generally better to 

 use the hard, burned brick — ^these can be laid in 

 straight lines or herring-bone fashion as fancy die- 



