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however, to be a stony region where this is done. 

 Wherever no visible rocks exist, nothing but the upright 

 stone wall should be constructed, and above all, only 

 stone should be used the appearance of which has con- 

 siderable resemblance to those native to the region. 

 In most places there are some indications of native stone 

 cropping out of the surface of the ground. Should the 

 estate or park be located in a distinctly sandy territory 

 like some parts of New Jersey, there would certainly be 

 found somewhere within a few miles sandstone that 

 would suit the purpose. Stones loaded with mica 

 should be avoided as already noted, for time fails to 

 weather them satisfactorily; for the same reason pud- 

 ding-stone, conglomerate, lava-like material, slaty 

 stone, and anything of the nature of fine-grained 

 marble are unsatisfactory. Rough-grained stone is 

 required generally, whether granite, limestone, sand- 

 stone, or even a nondescript material which is difficult 

 to classify. The same instinct for simplicity and 

 rugged strength would suggest in connexion with such 

 stone walls that gates with their hinges and fastenings, 

 lamps, and braces of all kinds be made of the roughest 

 kind of hammered wrought iron, strong looking and 

 quaint and grotesque in design. Such rough-looking 

 metal may be cast so as to look like hammered wrought 

 iron, in which case its use may be admissible, although 

 strictly speaking it is hardly in good taste. It is 

 generally wise to design such features either yourself 

 or with the aid of some special artist. Hardly ever 

 can you get a design from books or samples that really 



