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carried into the garden by the plain white 
arbours and trellises. Steps in the wood path 
are made of small logs held by stakes at either 
end. Walls are built of local stone laid in 
broken range work and then whitewashed. 
Their cappings of common red brick laid on 
edge avoid the hard cold lines which cut stone 
gives when so used. Dressed stone is only 
used for the steps in the main path and where 
the risers are of bricks on edge. The walks 
are of small broken stone kept in its place by 
curbs of wood one inch in thickness. These 
materials and their intelligent use contribute 
to the feeling of architectural harmony which 
“ Ashford ” gives, all the more to be appre¬ 
ciated when, as at present, plants and hedges 
are only beginning, and the construction which 
has been prepared for the final glory of it all 
stands out starkly prominent. The laws of 
growth and age have yet their great part to play. 
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