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The garden and its accessories (1907)

Underwood, Loring · Boston, Little Brown, and company · leaf 166

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sfactory iftreated frankly as an artificial accessoryand made on symmetrical lines. It ismost difficult to make a natural pondwhose naturalness will not look forced.Too often we see tliem with shores brokenup into into many meaningless bays andminiature promontories, with natural rockssticking out… … I THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES any sheet of water lies in the water itself,its refresliing appearance and beautiful re-flections. The very appearance of w^aterin a garden produces a cooling effect; andif in addition one can hear the musicalsplashing of water, the impression is indeedmagical. The…

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