Garden Embellishments 
introduction of the latter into this country is of more 
recent date. This arrangement of pillars, cross-beams 
and rafters, which we have borrowed from the vine¬ 
yards of sunny Italy, often constitutes one of the 
loveliest features of the garden, when, draped with 
delicate wistaria or hardy climbing roses, it arches a 
well-kept path. Placed against a high wall or the 
side of a house, such a structure is also effective. It 
should be remembered that a pergola, like every other 
garden ornament, must have a reasonably good excuse 
for existing, else it becomes superfluous and serves 
to mar rather than augment the beauty of the scene. 
Among the more purely ornamental accessories 
fountains claim an important position. To lovers of 
water gardens they make a distinct appeal, since their 
basins make an admirable setting for aquatic plants 
of all sorts. Goldfish, too, will thrive in their shallow 
pools and amply repay one for the trouble of obtain¬ 
ing them by keeping the fountain free from that tan¬ 
talizing summer pest, the mosquito. Fountains and 
basins can be purchased in a number of different 
materials, but concrete, the happy medium between 
inartistic iron and expensive stone, is perhaps the 
most satisfactory. Rough stone laid in cement is 
sometimes used where a rustic effect is desired and 
makes an attractive appearance. The method of 
treating the edge of the pool depends upon the 
STONE VASE, PEDESTAL AND BIRD BATH 
A BEAUTIFUL PERGOLA AND A SICILIAN VASE 
owner’s personal taste, of course, hut except in the 
most formal gardens the stone curb may usually be 
omitted and a simple edging of sod or a border of 
dainty bog plants take its place with good effect. 
Should there chance to be an old well in the garden, 
it can be transformed into “a thing of beauty,” and 
incidentally be made “a joy forever,” by the addition 
of an artistic and appropriate well-head. The 
grotesque stone lanterns, which were shipped to this 
country from Japan in large numbers during the late 
war with Russia, likewise make unique embellish¬ 
ments and, when lighted at night by means of a lamp 
or by electricity, they lend a fascinating air of mystery 
to an otherwise unlighted garden. Vases, both of 
concrete and stone, are always welcome additions, 
but they should he simple in design and must be 
carefully distributed. 
Sun-dials and gazing-globes possess a charm that 
is peculiarly their own and, if properly placed, they 
add much to a garden’s effectiveness. In company 
with such old-fashioned ornaments one might quite 
naturally expect to find a picturesque hee skep or a 
cosy little bird-house, and it often happens that one 
is not disappointed. So, although the day of the 
crockery dog and the iron deer is past, the use of 
garden embellishments has in no way decreased and 
we believe that its end is still many years distant. 
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