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but no hewn stone is introduced in this style of garden. Two 
pines, shrubs, and a group of low plants are all the vegetation 
required in the garden. These, together with a few water 
plants, serve to cover a rustic well. A large “Snow-stone lant¬ 
ern ” also forms a part of this group. In the corner of the 
foreground to the west are shown a water-basin, a drain, and a 
screen fence. A bamboo enclosure of simple nature encircles 
the garden. 
PLATE IX 
GARDEN FENCES 
LANTERNS. 
Plate VII gives the different types of garden-lanterns. 
Every Japanese garden must have a stone lantern. They add 
greatly to the composition of the garden in connection with 
rock-work, shrubs, trees, fences and water-basin. In introducing 
stone lanterns, however, strict principles of harmony, both in 
size and form, must be observed, otherwise it would be detri¬ 
mental to the effect of the garden itself. They are generally 
located at the foot of a hill, on an island, on the bank of 
a lake, by a well or a water-basin. The use of the lantern 
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