. Common sense gardens. Gardening. [from old catalog]. 174 COMMON SENSE GARDENS the sentiment of the country is opposed to it. The walled grounds and gardens of England are survi- vals of mediseval days when one's neighbours were inquisitive and generally obnoxious. We admire. Picket Fence on a Low Brick Wall them as curiosities, quaint relics of the past, but we should not long to imitate them. By far the best material to use for walls on a small place is brick, the ordinary, everyday brick that is made on Long Island or in the Hudson val- ley, not the smooth, weirdly red pressed brick that i
. Common sense gardens. Gardening. [from old catalog]. 174 COMMON SENSE GARDENS the sentiment of the country is opposed to it. The walled grounds and gardens of England are survi- vals of mediseval days when one's neighbours were inquisitive and generally obnoxious. We admire. Picket Fence on a Low Brick Wall them as curiosities, quaint relics of the past, but we should not long to imitate them. By far the best material to use for walls on a small place is brick, the ordinary, everyday brick that is made on Long Island or in the Hudson val- ley, not the smooth, weirdly red pressed brick that is used for chimney pieces and the fronts of houses. Harvard brick is a pretty good colour and texture, though a httle dark, but if you use it eschew the black headers for they give a speckled, artificial effect that is out of place in a garden. The com- mon brick ages rapidly; the red softens down and the lines lose their hardness. Near the coast where. 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 Sewell, Cornelius V. V. [from old catalog]. New York, The Grafton press
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