94 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



shade which is truly appreciated by your little visi- 

 tors who perch on the curb, after shaking off the 

 dust from their wings in the water below, and pour 

 out their gratitude in a melody of song. 



For ornament why not use a cement bath that is 

 shaped like a large vase. It makes an interesting 

 feature in your twentieth-century garden, and 

 gives a chance to depict a favorite flower from 

 which the garden takes its name. 



Rising stately and dignified from their floral bed, 

 showing wonderful and delicate carviug, are mar- 

 ble baths exquisitely shaped and resting on a shaft 

 of the same material. These are fitting for an Ital- 

 ian or a formal garden. They seem to blend in with 

 an elaborate architectural scheme such as we find 

 in the planning for the decoration of a large area. 



There is no particular place where they seem- 

 ingly do not fit in. They are effective used as a 

 central figure and surrounded with a circle of weU- 

 chosen blossoming plants and they harmonize in the 

 landscape scheme even if used apart from the main 

 gardens or designed to occupy a niche in the waU, 

 Here they are just as enjoyable as if they stood 

 prominently forth, the main axis around which the 

 rest of the garden revolves. 



