. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L V (1 b I e H 0 u s e. shepherds and shepherdesses, amorini and grotesques. Lead is a very agreeable ma- terial for garden figures, and it is regret- table that no one is manufacturing them in this country to-day. A few dealers import lead work from England, and now and then A FRUIT BASKET FOR '\ '^" "'^^ figure strays into the country, but for GARDEN GATE POST ^j^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ,_^^ ^1^;^ material for J. C. Kraus, Sloneii'orkcr garden work is very limited. Good sun-dials of the "made in America&quo
. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L V (1 b I e H 0 u s e. shepherds and shepherdesses, amorini and grotesques. Lead is a very agreeable ma- terial for garden figures, and it is regret- table that no one is manufacturing them in this country to-day. A few dealers import lead work from England, and now and then A FRUIT BASKET FOR '\ '^" "'^^ figure strays into the country, but for GARDEN GATE POST ^j^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ,_^^ ^1^;^ material for J. C. Kraus, Sloneii'orkcr garden work is very limited. Good sun-dials of the "made in America" kind are also few and far between. For the most part our stock sun-dials consist of Doric columns of very doubtful proportions, or of a single heavy baluster supporting a plaque on which the dial face rests. Very little ingenuity and good taste seems to have been exercised in their designs, and—I admit it reluctantlv—we have almost no dials to compare in interest with hundreds to be found in England. I am not going to excuse the scarcity of good design in garden furniture and accessories on the basis of the youth of this country, or its hustling interest in business, or its lack of a leisure class. These are the customary and time-worn excuses for almost every artistic defect we possess. We have the best architects in the world to-dav, and we have able manufacturers and good designers of furniture for interiors. Among the three we ought to produce garden furniture which is as good in design as that of any other country, and which will be a real factor in making the gardens livable. [I:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dean, Ruth, 1889-1932. New York : Moffat, Yard and Co.
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