I Dedicate This Garden Book

to My Friend

Ekin Wallick


CONTENTS

[FOREWORD]
I.[The Garden Path and Border]
II.[The Pergola and Arch]
III.[The Tea House in the Garden]
IV.[The Garden Steps]
V.[Entrances]
VI.[Bird Baths]
VII.[Garden Seats]
VIII.[Garden Pools]
IX.[The Sun-dial in the Garden]
X.[The Fountain]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Tall Poplars Lend Dignity to a Garden Setting]
[Let Gutters of Cobblestones Line Your Path]
[A Successful Grass Path]
[A Brick-paved Path Flanked by Many-hued Iris]
[The Sunlight Sifts Through the Sheltering Vines of the Pergola]
[Build Your Pergola with Cobblestone Supports and Rustic Top]
[The Moss Grows Between the Stone Walk]
[A Tea-house]
[Stepping-stones in a Grass Path]
[Lily Ponds in a Formal Garden]
[Stone Steps Attractively Planned]
[A Fountain that Serves as a Background for a Lily Pond]
[Marble Steps Leading to the Water in a Formal Garden]
[An Old-fashioned Garden Is Often Entered Under an Arch of Latticework]
[A Fine Decorative Iron Gateway]
[A Successful Entrance to a Formal Garden]
[The Central Feature of the Garden May Be a Bird-bath]
[A Well-placed Bird-bath]
[An Ornament Delightfully Used to Mark the Opening of Paths Through Woods]
[A Formal Garden Seat]
[A Simple and Attractive Garden Seat]
[Stately Lilies Add Charm and Dignity to a Gravelled Walk]
[A Pond-lily Pool of a Very Attractive Shape]
[A Lily Pond that Fills Charmingly a Corner of a Garden]
[There Is an Ever-changing Beauty to a Garden Whose Paths Are Broken Here and There by Pools]
[Grassy Paths Lead Pleasantly to the Sun-dial]
[The Sun-dial Is a Feature in Itself]
[An Old Well Used Effectively as a Decorative Feature]
[Narcissus Stands in the Heart of the Fountain]
[A Roman Fountain Placed Against a Very Appropriate Background]
[An Artistic Fountain Particularly Well Placed]
[This Wall Fountain with Its Shell Background and Basin Is Most Fittingly Placed]