Chapter I: Front Matter

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Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive.

GARDEN ORNAMENTS

GARDEN ORNAMENTS

BY MARY H. NORTHEND

ILLUSTRATED

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