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curve should come to an end ; or the effect of the vista 

 will be destroyed. An avenue of chestnut trees, which is 

 rapidly becoming a good example of this latter type, was 

 planted in the park at Claremont in 1883 by the late Duke 

 of Albany. 



Garden Accessories. — As a general principle it may be said 

 that nothing should be introduced into a garden without a 

 strong and definite reason. And if the decision to include some 

 special feature, as an arbour, fountain, statue, sundial, rose-arch 

 or the like be come to, much further consideration must be 

 given to the exact placing and proportion of each and every 

 such piece of garden furniture. Fountains, with large jets 

 of water and important figures or groups of statuary, are 

 only suitable to big places, and should occupy a principal 

 centre therein. Arbours should generally be placed at the 

 end of a vista, or in a spot from whence a particularly fine 

 view, either of the garden itself or the distant landscape, can 

 be obtained. Pergolas and arches should, as a rule, act as 

 gateways or means of introduction from one part of the 

 garden to another, or leading from the garden to orchard 

 or park. Sundials, for obvious reasons, will only be placed 

 where the sunlight for many hours in every bright day can 

 shine on them. Large, nearly life-size statues, which almost 

 always appear to best advantage when placed on a terrace with 

 balustraded parapet, are not suitable to small gardens ; nor, 

 speaking generally, in places constructed on level ground, 

 where terraces themselves are out of keeping. But leaden, 

 bronze, or — where there is not much fear of very severe 

 frost — even marble statuettes may sometimes be introduced 

 into small — especially when rather formal — gardens with 

 propriety and success. The four small leaden figures, repre- 

 senting the seasons, in the old Pond Garden of Henry VIIL 

 at Hampton Court, are a decided acquisition, and seem quite 

 in place among their charming and formal surroundings. 

 Again, vases and hanging baskets of trailing flowers may 

 be appropriate where the house is built in an ornate style 



