. The little garden. cushions are anuisance. After this diatribe against marble, I shall seem incon-sistent as I call attention to the charming picture opposite;but here the marble seat is in entire harmony with the linesand spaces in the garden of a fine Georgian house; and it is notalone, it is one of two, placed in relation to each other on eitherside of a straight walk leading to the garden on a much lowerlevel. This is an example of the good use of a marble seat. Suchuse, I still maintain, is rare. The same arguments would holdfor concrete as material for garden furniture. Wood is the thi
. The little garden. cushions are anuisance. After this diatribe against marble, I shall seem incon-sistent as I call attention to the charming picture opposite;but here the marble seat is in entire harmony with the linesand spaces in the garden of a fine Georgian house; and it is notalone, it is one of two, placed in relation to each other on eitherside of a straight walk leading to the garden on a much lowerlevel. This is an example of the good use of a marble seat. Suchuse, I still maintain, is rare. The same arguments would holdfor concrete as material for garden furniture. Wood is the third substance for the tables and chairs of ourlittle garden, and wood is the best for our pmpose. The landscapearchitect is again the one to consult upon designing or securingthe simple garden furniture needed where space is limited; asidefrom this, good garden books may be looked into. A most beauti-ful settee is seen in one of the pictures of Miss Jekylls and Gardens for Small Coimtry Houses. This was de-. ACCESSORIES OF THE GARDEN 37 signed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and would raise the level of beautyin any garden where it should be placed; but there are few suchaids. Various English firms send out lists of extremely well-designed tables, chairs, settees, and so on, though there are somelapses from good looks, even in these. In our own country, Ithink of only one firm whose work is good, and their models are,if I am not mistaken, taken from English ones. There is a com-pany in America, too, now sending out stuff for gardens which isas ugly, as stultifying, as such things can be. It is sad to see itgiven circulation. Wood, then, for seats; and when we have such seats, whereshall they be placed? The simplest placing of a good bench orseat in the little garden is at the far end of a walk; or at the twoends of a cross walk; or within a small shelter that shall form theterminal feature of the little garden, and shall entirely supplantthe pergola, which has no place whatever
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