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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1911 
Garden steps of stone are expensive, those of brick are difficult to 
keep in repair, but those of concrete, if designed with some skill, 
have neither of these disadvantages 
There is an excellent suggestion here for making a garden wall 
effective and attractive. Train young fruit trees to cover the 
monotonous expanse of gray rough-texture concrete 
The decay and warping of wooden hotbeds and coldframes is a 
common fault. Concrete frames will last forever ■ 
Too frequently we see concrete pergolas of crude form. Greater 
care and skill in making the molds will work wonders 
By means of paneling and a variety of textures on the different 
surfaces, concrete garden structures may be made far more inter¬ 
esting 
Covered with vines and banked with shrubbery, the concrete garden 
wall blends with the lansdscape as do the old stone walls of Italian 
gardens 
CONCRETE POSSIBILITIES 
IN THE GARDEN 
