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coat should be used at first and it depends upon 

 how easily it is covered as to how many coats to 

 apply. If you wish to give a better finish, have an 

 excess of turpentine over linseed oil in the last coat. 

 There is more economy in covering it properly at 

 first, as otherwise it will have to be re-painted each 

 year. 



With the evolution of garden culture has come 

 a similar change in the design and material used 

 to form our entrances. On the large estates of to- 

 day, rarely if ever, do we find the ornamental Co- 

 lonial. It would be as much out of place as if the 

 mistress of the house, affected silken brocades with 

 wig and patches. 



The white paling fence, unless for simple cot- 

 tages, has entirely gone out of style and in its place 

 we find cement walls. Often these are topped with 

 a coping of limestone. The gateposts, being formed 

 over strong locust posts that have been driven 

 firmly into the ground, are supported by brick or 

 cement foundation. 



Where the mansion shows in exterior brick, often 

 with trimmings of limestone, the same idea is 

 worked out in the wall. In cases like this an orna- 

 mental iron gate, hung on staples, supercedes the 



