The livable house, its garden . s of early farms, shouldbe regarded as traditions given us by our pioneer forefathers,worth continuing. On the prairies of the Middle West, hedgesof buckthorn and osage orange naturally supplant to a great ex-tent the customarv boundaries of stony New England—the use ofall these natural materials is much to be commended, and theunpicturesque and no more practical fencing of concrete postswith wire between discouraged. Fences of wrought iron, and more especially gates of iron, maybe very beautiful and interesting. They are likely to be formalin character, however
The livable house, its garden . s of early farms, shouldbe regarded as traditions given us by our pioneer forefathers,worth continuing. On the prairies of the Middle West, hedgesof buckthorn and osage orange naturally supplant to a great ex-tent the customarv boundaries of stony New England—the use ofall these natural materials is much to be commended, and theunpicturesque and no more practical fencing of concrete postswith wire between discouraged. Fences of wrought iron, and more especially gates of iron, maybe very beautiful and interesting. They are likely to be formalin character, however, and their use in country work is limitedby this factor as well as by that of their expense. Gateways, such as one frequently sees at the entrance to a place,which are free standing, and not part of anv wall, should be tiedinto the landscape by heavy planting. Thev have very often alost, unconnected air which is only to be overcome by weightingdown, so to speak, their extremities with strong planting. This is [140] G a r d n. C o CO •-H ^ X c/:; o _Q >—1 OS ^ ^H tin .2 O^ 1 u-^ , ^ uu ^ .^^ ^u ^ -H OJ T|* d:°^ r CQ —* ^ i^ ? ^ w cr7 > .Q 1—( r- J— c pq . -^ > ^. r m oQ ^ ^^ ^ ^-^ ^ X. ,^^ < o w -i: ^ J t^ Oh ^ <1 ^^ 5£ a ^ [Uij r h c L 1 V a b I c H o u s e
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