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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1911 
There is no reason why the wood fence should ever be ugly. Such 
graceful, simple lines as this one shows give the finishing touches 
of beauty to the place 
The ingenuity of the Japanese is here well taken advantage of in 
affording an economical, serviceable and attractive boundary. The 
posts are of stripped cedar with bamboo between 
The European fence of moss green 
lath, so fitting with wooded 
places, might be better known 
SUGGESTIONS FOR 
WOOD FENCES 
Nothing is in better taste with the formal garden than the 
fence of lattice work. The variety of its forms opens up 
a limitless field of really good design 
A well designed series of openings 
along the top of a high board 
fence will redeem it 
The Colonial house has its special conventions for fence design. 
Here are two styles which harmonize with the detail 
The sheaf pattern of these fence pickets is duplicated in the balcony 
rail, thus increasing the unified effect of house and grounds 
