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GARDEN ACCESSORIES 
This quiet garden’s humble bound, 
This homely roof, this rustic fane, 
With playful tendrils twining round, 
And woodbines peeping at the pane. 
That tranquil, tender sky of blue, 
Where clouds of golden radiance skim, 
Those ranging trees of various hue— 
These were the sights that solaced him. 
Taylor’s Visit to Cowper’s Arbour. 
F ASHION has undergone a wonderful change 
_ _ since the appearance of the last edition of 
this w ork, now many years ago. In those days 
I • 'U'&BBgKk people were wont to lay great stress on the lavish 
» / WI employment of statuary and other ornamental ac- 
cessories in the adornment of their gardens, and to 
yy-1 t overlook the superior value and charm of the wealth 
of tree and plant life at their disposal. But in 
' jlm' iB modern garden adornments these accessories 
W / occupy, as they ought to do, a second place, and 
Igreater attention is rightly paid to the more liberal 
Ijmf j use °f trees, shrubs, and beautiful plants ; in other 
\,M • ’ words, less artificiality and more natural beauty is 
J| M- f the predominant feature of garden decoration of 
t' -' - to-day. 
-It were idle, however, to assert that we can dis- 
_y pense altogether with the aid of such accessories as 
Ir^—’ statuary, fancy wirework, etc. There are in every 
garden opportunities for their use, but they must 
not be employed too lavishly. For example, vases may be used to em¬ 
bellish the steps, if any, leading from the house to the garden, or one or two 
