BEAUTIFYING THE GARDEN. 
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BEAUTIFYING THE GARDEN. 
The mere accomplishment of the act of laying out the chief 
features of a garden in the shape of walks, lawns, shrubberies, 
borders, etc., does not complete the production of the garden 
beautiful. However cleverly and ingeniously the design may 
have been conceived, and subsequently carried out, it really 
only represents the outline of the picture, thus leaving the 
details to be filled in. Hence the final beauty and charm of 
the garden picture can only be assured by the application of 
special artistic skill and a profound knowledge of the materials 
to be used. Many a really skilfully designed garden has lost 
much of its charm through failure to utilise the wealth of 
vegetation available for its beautification in an artistic manner. 
One, indeed, has often come across gardens that possessed no 
artistic merit as regards their original design, but which, under 
the manipulation of the true garden-artist, who is familiar with 
the habits and characteristics of plant life, have been converted 
into veritable Edens of beauty worthy of the name of British 
gardens. And so it comes to pass that those who desire to 
possess a really beautiful and ever interesting garden, must not 
only lay a good foundation in the form of an appropriate 
design, but also pay special attention to the subsequent 
furnishing of its various features with trees and plants disposed 
in such a manner that they add grace, beauty, and elegance to 
the whole. 
But whether the garden be a new or an old one, the 
question of its beautification is of equal importance. In 
neither case must ugly or unsightly features be permitted to 
exist, and mar the general effect of the garden-picture. Bare 
walls and fences, for example, should not be tolerated. There 
is an abundant wealth of material available for converting 
these into really beautiful objects. Beds, again, need not be 
left bare all the autumn and winter, since there are ways and 
means of beautifying them even at those seasons. Ugly 
buildings in the garden, or around the house, may either be 
effectively screened off, or rendered less objectionable to view 
by climber-clad trellises, or by means of suitable climbers 
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