278 GARDEN PLANNING 



garden the better, must be painted, or it will 

 rust. But there is no reason why the paint 

 should not be quiet in colour and in harmony 

 with the natural objects of the garden. The 

 man who paints his vases claret colour picked 

 out with blue and white deserves anything. 

 I have already offered suggestions for the 

 colour of fences and trellis. I was long puzzled 

 about the original colour of the paint work 

 one finds on old garden furniture, which after 

 years of exposure has acquired that beautiful 

 turquoise shade beloved of painters, until 

 I made some experiments. The result was to 

 satisfy me that this charming tint is a product 

 of weather action upon a somewhat crude 

 green. If the gardener likes to test the mat- 

 ter, and is content to put up with the crude- 

 ness of the colour for a year or two, he may 

 paint his garden woodwork with "Brunswick 

 green." I can promise him that if he have 

 patience and live long enough, in time the 

 weather will change it to the desired tint. 

 This change, however, only occurs in a pure 

 atmosphere. 



I need hardly warn the reader who has 

 followed me thus far of the enormity of his 



