GARDEN GATES 
Jg'OHN WORLIDGE, writing in - voar 1675 
f| upon the "“Art of Gardening," ...■■•■ himself 
in this wise as regards wails:— 
1 ‘ When you have discovered the h si ■. i ii, av 1 ri 
■pleased yourself with-the compleatest : - 
".Y-a-«323A1 H0A3 SO MOITAMIOAMI 3HT CT 7Hl!i A" 
imagine tor your .Garden: yet without • 
to preserve it from several evils that usa E a:moy ■: 
your labor is but lost.” - • 
He goes on to say that the Fence nr-. m 
variety of materials, but that of all the of'f 
best. He allows a stone foundation G ■ : • : 
, afoot in height, and favors stone piGsh-r. ; 
tervals both for strength and ap.- . . ; . , . 
other ornamentations such as niches,' blind 
copings, and deep alcoves. And in; would' 
gates carefully considered, and. <f rriyi ; . 
this is possible, thus permitting enticim 
beauties they guard. 
Many of England’s' finest places v or T ,.::d 
laid, out in this sevrnhenib ce:no ;Eh 
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