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but no hewn stone is introduced in this style of garden. Two 

 pines, shrulos, and a group of low plants are all the vegetation 

 required in the garden. These, together with a few water 

 plants, serve to cover a rustic well. A large "Snow-stone lant- 

 ern " also forms a part of this group. In the corner of the 

 foreground to the west are shown a water-basin, a drain, and a 

 screen fence. A bamboo enclosure of simple nature encircles 

 the garden. 



GARDEN FENCES 



LANTERNS. 



Plate VII gives the different types of garden-lanterns. 

 Every Japanese garden must have a stone lantern. They add 

 greatly to the composition of the garden in connection with 

 rock-work, shrubs, trees, fences and water-basin. In introducing 

 stone lanterns, however, strict principles of harmony, both in 

 size and form, must be observed, otherwise it would be detri- 

 mental to the effect of the garden itself. They are generally 

 located at the foot of a hill, on an island, on the bank of 

 a lake, bv a well or a water-basin. The use of the lantern 



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