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When the garden adjoins the street, or where semi-privacy is 
wanted, a fence paneled solidly below, with pickets above, is a 
very desirable type 
When You Plan Your Garden 
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they are susceptible. On the small place, 
where space is limited, they take up less 
room than any other kind of enclosure. 
And when it comes to cost they will be 
found to be surprisingly low. 
Just here it might be well to speak a 
word for the wire fence. It should not be 
banished without trial, for it has its 
place in the scheme of the gardens and 
grounds along with its other more 
decorative relatives. When it is well made 
of a strong, galvanized mesh, and sup¬ 
ported between stout posts of wood or 
steel and, last but not least, covered with 
such a variety of vines that at no season 
of the year will it stand forth in all its 
stark efficiency, it can be used to mark 
and protect the less important sections of 
the site not only appropriately but with 
decided effectiveness. 
There are practical reasons for almost 
all fence designs. In some fences the 
lower palings are spaced more closely 
together than the upper ones. That is 
to keep out marauding small animals 
that are unable to climb to the wider 
spaces above. In others the diagonal 
members of the fence are made prominent 
in the design. This is to provide addi¬ 
tional strength in cases where the railings, 
or horizontal members, are not of a size 
to insure the utmost stability. Just so 
the occasional necessity for solid panels 
below or the use of wide, closely spaced 
palings above is obviously done to some 
definite purpose. The thing is to let your 
fence meet its practical requirements 
first, and then from its essential character 
and construction to work it into a design 
that is both attractive and serviceable. 
What is extremely important is that 
any part of the fence which touches the 
ground should be thoroughly coated with 
creosote. It is a good plan, if it is not 
too expensive, to imbed the upright posts 
in concrete. Another method of support 
is to run two or more firmly attached iron 
rods down from the sides of the post into 
a concrete foundation. This avoids the 
possibility of the wood of the post rotting 
away in the concrete and, in certain 
localities, effects a saving in lumber. 
With English cottage types of houses fences 
may be left unpainted or stained with 
creosote, and the palings, rails, and posts 
may be perfectly simple 
