60 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



used, a very good result is brought about through 

 the use of carefully selected field stone or cobble. 

 There are sheltering crevices in which to plant tiny 

 roots which when grown add much to the general 

 appearance of the whole. If the garden is a formal 

 one, a design in which architectural features play 

 an important part, one should take great care in 

 the arrangement of this flight. There is nothing 

 that gives such a delightful atmosphere as a well- 

 planned stairway. It conveys a much better pic- 

 ture than does a vista of successive flights of steps 

 that ascend to higher grounds. 



The principal use for a feature such as this, is 

 found to be in informal or unpretentious lay-outs, 

 yet, fashioned in marble it is shown in the most 

 elaborate Italian gardens found in this country. 

 It takes on such a variety of forms and is available 

 for so many purposes that it is fascinating to study 

 where it will give best effects. Sometimes it helps 

 out in the making of a garden pool. Here it is 

 specially alluring, forming as it does, a step from 

 one little world into another. 



If you wish originality in your work, do not at- 

 tempt to copy from the plans of others. Surely 

 there is no lack of material from which to draw and 



