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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 WITH COBBLESTONE SUPPORTS AND RUSTIC TOP         24
  THE MOSS GROWS BETWEEN THE STONE WALK                               28
  A TEA-HOUSE                                                         37
  STEPPING-STONES IN A GRASS PATH                                     42
  LILY PONDS IN A FORMAL GARDEN                                       46
  STONE STEPS ATTRACTIVELY PLANNED                                    53
  A FOUNTAIN THAT SERVES AS A BACKGROUND FOR A LILY POND              58
  MARBLE STEPS LEADING TO THE WATER IN A FORMAL GARDEN                64
  AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN IS OFTEN ENTERED UNDER AN ARCH OF
    LATTICEWORK                                                       71
  A FINE DECORATIVE IRON GATEWAY                                      76
  A SUCCESSFUL ENTRANCE TO A FORMAL GARDEN                            82
  THE CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE GARDEN MAY BE A BIRD-BATH                89
  A WELL-PLACED BIRD-BATH                                             94
  AN ORNAMENT DELIGHTFULLY USED TO MARK THE OPENING OF PATHS
    THROUGH WOODS                                                     98
  A FORMAL GARDEN SEAT                                               107
  A SIMPLE AND ATTRACTIVE GARDEN SEAT                                112
  STATELY LILIES ADD CHARM AND DIGNITY TO A GRAVELLED WALK           118
  A POND-LILY POOL OF A VERY ATTRACTIVE SHAPE                        125
  A LILY POND THAT FILLS CHARMINGLY A CORNER OF A GARDEN             130
  THERE IS AN EVER-CHANGING BEAUTY TO A GARDEN WHOSE PATHS ARE
    BROKEN HERE AND THERE BY POOLS                                   136
  GRASSY PATHS LEAD PLEASANTLY TO THE SUN-DIAL                       143
  THE SUN-DIAL IS A FEATURE IN ITSELF                                148
  AN OLD WELL USED EFFECTIVELY AS A DECORATIVE FEATURE               154
  NARCISSUS STANDS IN THE HEART OF THE FOUNTAIN                      163
  A ROMAN FOUNTAIN PLACED AGAINST A VERY APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND      166
  AN ARTISTIC FOUNTAIN PARTICULARLY WELL PLACED                      170
  THIS WALL FOUNTAIN WITH ITS SHELL BACKGROUND AND BASIN IS MOST
    FITTINGLY PLACED                                                 174




FOREWORD


Doubtless we have all realized the allurement of the garden, as we walk
between the beds, drinking in the sweet perfume of the many flowers, or
as we watch the birds perched on the branches or lazily swinging on the
flowers, twittering to their mates as they sip the nectar or prune their
plumage, after bathing in the sparkling water of the pool.

There is more than enjoyment that comes to the garden lover through his
life among the plants. He grows broader and becomes forgetful of the
trivial cares and prejudices of every-day life as he watches their
development. He comes to the garden for inspiration and finds it among
the flowers