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[Illustration: Book Cover]




GARDEN ORNAMENTS




[Illustration: TALL POPLARS LEND DIGNITY TO A GARDEN SETTING]




GARDEN ORNAMENTS


BY
MARY H. NORTHEND


ILLUSTRATED


[Illustration]


NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1916




Copyright, 1916,
by DUFFIELD & CO.




_I Dedicate This Garden Book
to My Friend_
EKIN WALLICK




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
        FOREWORD
     I. THE GARDEN PATH AND BORDER                                     3
    II. THE PERGOLA AND ARCH                                          21
   III. THE TEA HOUSE IN THE GARDEN                                   37
    IV. THE GARDEN STEPS                                              53
     V. ENTRANCES                                                     71
    VI. BIRD BATHS                                                    89
   VII. GARDEN SEATS                                                 107
  VIII. GARDEN POOLS                                                 125
    IX. THE SUN-DIAL IN THE GARDEN                                   143
     X. THE FOUNTAIN                                                 163




ILLUSTRATIONS


  TALL POPLARS LEND DIGNITY TO A GARDEN SETTING           _Frontispiece_
  LET GUTTERS OF COBBLESTONES LINE YOUR PATH               _Facing p._ 3
  A SUCCESSFUL GRASS PATH                                              6
  A BRICK-PAVED PATH FLANKED BY MANY-HUED IRIS                        12
  THE SUNLIGHT SIFTS THROUGH THE SHELTERING VINES OF THE PERGOLA      21
  BUILD YOUR PERGOLA