38 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



more and more to realize that all through the ages, 

 the hand of Man has fashioned nothing more beau- 

 tiful than a garden of flowers. The most famous 

 poets have not found any more ideal trysting spot 

 in which to place their lovers. 



Each individual part of the flower garden has its 

 own distinctive charm. It lies not solely with the 

 flowers that bloom so profusely in the beds nor with 

 the marble fragments, for the romance of it all is 

 centered in the little summer house, as it was 

 quaintly named by our ancestors in the long ago. 

 In these little tea houses, buUt in a retired part of 

 the garden, the mistress loved to spend a pleasant 

 summer afternoon, seated inside knitting flower 

 thoughts into a shapely bag or reading some de- 

 lightful book, which dropped from her hand, as she 

 sat dreamily watching the unfolding of some favor- 

 ite flower. 



Let us enter one of these gardens, rich in its sum- 

 mer garb, walk slowly down the path, stopping now 

 and again to view some bud slowly unfold its pet- 

 als one by one, disclosing a new specimen to be 

 added to the ever-increasing number that are com- 

 prised in the floral scheme, and waving a welcome 

 as it is tossed to and fro by every passing breeze. 



