The "Country Life'' Library 



GARDEN ORNAMENT 



By GERTRUDE JEKYLL. 



Large folio {i6 by ii), with over 600 matchless Illustrations 



and charming coloured frontispiece, £3 3s. net, by post 



£3 4s. ; in half levant grain, £3 15s. net. 



With the continuous development of garden design there 

 has arisen an increasing demand for a practical and compre- 

 hensive book entirely devoted to the right use of Garden 

 Ornament, and this volume has been carefully designed to 

 meet that demand. Every word, every illustration in the 

 volume conveys a lesson to the reader, and the publishers 

 feel they are entitled to congratulate, themselves and the 

 public upon the fact that Miss Jekyll, whose reputation in 

 garden design is world-wide, was induced to undertake the 

 authorship of the book. 



The right use of water in the garden ; the happy employ- 

 ment of Steps and Gateways ; the skilful placing of Garden 

 Houses, Sundials, and Seats ; the definite value and proper 

 construction of Pergolas ; the use of climbing plants ; the 

 wanton growth and misuse of ivy and other creepers, are all 

 depicted and described in an authoritative and exhaustive 

 manner. 



Examples are furnished from the finest gardens in the coun- 

 try of beautiful Balustrading ; graceful Gates, Urns, Vases, 

 and Sculptured Ornaments, Stone Paved Courts, Paved Ways 

 and Garden Seats, Loggias, Orangeries, Garden Houses and 

 Dovecots, Parterres, Sundials, Topiary Work, Pergolas and 

 Treillage, Canals, Ponds, and Water Gardens, Bridges, Foun- 

 tains and Dipping Wells, Flower Borders, Wall Gardening 

 and Japanese Gardens. 



The teaching value and beauty of the illustrations ensure 

 an eager welcome for the book at the hands of all true garden 

 lovers. 



" Miss Jekyll's collection in this noble folio is a storehouse of examples, 

 styles and method in the decoration of gardens, a compendium of the 

 history and taste in English Horticulture and a revelation of the trea- 

 sures of beauty which our country holds." — The Times. 



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