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Rustic Adornments. 
Indoors, the bed and vase can be filled with cocoa-nut fibre refuse, and plants 
in pots plunged therein. Another use to which this form of statuary may be 
put is that of a fountain. The bed, for example, may be converted into a 
basin, and a fountain be substituted for the vase in the centre. There 
are many other forms of and uses to which statuary may be put in garden 
embellishment, but enough has been said on the subject for the purposes of 
this work. 
Artificial edgings, whether of stone, composition, or wood, are not used 
so extensively as formerly, turf being employed wherever possible, because it 
is more pleasing to the eye and more in harmony with the surrounding 
trees and plants. However, there are positions sometimes where an artificial 
edging is desirable, and for that reason we must describe some of the 
materials suitable for the purpose. The simplest of these are flints or 
rough stones arranged on the surface or partly buried in the soil Another 
equally simple edging, and old-fashioned withal, consists of ordinary bricks 
placed in a sloping position and buried three parts of their depth in the soil. 
Such edgings are, however, not neat enough for the pleasure garden, and so 
recourse must be made to ornamental tiles or stone edgings. The former 
are made in various patterns and colours. 
Window Boxes exist in great variety, and are mostly constructed of wood. 
Some are made of plain wood, painted green and faced with mosaic tiles or 
virgin cork. Others, again, are decorated with strips of hazel, arranged in 
ornamental designs in front and embellished with fretwork. There are 
several forms, too, constructed entirely of earthenware, either in the shape 
of a box or in separate pots, these being connected at will by small 
ornamental appendages, so as to fit any sized window. Window boxes may 
also be obtained in Doulton ware and terra cotta, and in almost any design. 
Wire-work baskets, arches, and trellises are to be obtained in infinite 
variety. It is needless for us to describe these in detail, as their number is 
legion, and examples can be seen at any ironmonger’s. 
Wood Trellises deserve a word of mention here, because they are so 
useful for placing against cement walls for training up creepers and for forming 
screens to hide objectionable objects. What is known as extending trellis 
work is sold in lengths of twelve to fifteen feet and two to four feet 
in width, at prices varying from is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per length. It is cheaper 
to purchase trellis work ready made than to make it personally. After fixing, 
the wood should receive three coats of paint. 
