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be wise to have his garden designer consider this a planting at the base of some dense dark foliage
statue at the very outset, before he plans the like boxwood of barberry, and in many cases just
garden, because he can then make his scheme so a few individual clumps of perennials will bring

as to provide the ideal spot for out the attractions of the figure

the sculpture. ' ' to better advantage. Irises are

For the average garden often used in this way as, apart
small statues are much more %Jm horn their wonderful flowers,
appropriate than large ones, Ajfc they have the added charm of
and it is in this point that so ^ beautiful decorative foliage
many serious mistakes have k throughout the season,
been made by using figures far | It is, however, not always
out of scale with the surround- \k .^^|) desirable to have the statue
ing garden. It is with very placed among planting, and
small statues that the most many times a decorative treat-
delightfully surprising effects ment of the paving of the gar-
can be arranged; figures so den walk can be combined with
small that they are hardly an interesting platform which
noticed until the visitor of the supports a figure or fountain,
garden is almost face to face In placing the statue it
with them. But on the other should be kept in mind that
hand, there are such ideal re- ^Bfe; t'le statLle should under no cir-
sults as the famous so-called cumstances make the impres-
Dutch garden at Hampton sion that it stands alone; it
Court, England, where small I should always be connected
statues have been used at the I with the garden scheme and be
intersection of paths, with m a very vital part of it. It is
unusually charming results. jJ> therefore well to consider in
Here, also, are sandstone baby A what various connections stat-
figures, not more than natural I uary can successfully be used
size, placed at the top and bot- and each association suggests
torn on both sides of the very ■ so many possibilities of treat-
simple stone steps, of which ml ment that it should be simple
there are several flights. The I to do away with the uninter-
Iittle figures stand on low, V esting habit of placing figures,
moss-covered sandstone pedes- W vases or fountains anywhere
tals of the simplest design, and ,■ on the lawn or in a gravel walk,
next to them grow flowers, L A semicircular seat may
almost as tall as they are, in a />, . , form a very good background
most delightful array of colors j for a small piece of statuary on
and arranged as to color and ■ I a pedestal, or the statue can be
grown in the perfection that built in as a part of the seat,
flowers are grown in Hampton 11 A garden wall also offers end-
Court alone. In this case the less opportunities for building
entire garden is walled in by a in a fountain or simply a small
tall hedge, provided with open- M ^K^^^ figure placed in a niche. Also
ings at regular intervals, ^■Pfcte^ic'^ji** a piece of relief, placed in the
through which visitors get a ,'''***KSi3^ iSpS* ^ wall by itself, in combination
perfect view of the lovely gar- y' with a seat, or arranged as a
den picture. HBnlBBHHHHHHHMH wall fountain offers numerous

Of the greatest importance "the water baby" opportunities for interesting

is the choice of the plants used by mabel conkling garden effects and this treat-

in connection with garden ment of a garden wall can be

statues, and it is here again that each figure made use of with equal success in the largest or
requires an individual treatment. Some of the the smallest garden. Statuary is often most useful
smaller figures look charming when surrounded in connecting the house with the garden in such a
entirely with flowers, sometimes they may require way that the two belong absolutely together.

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APRIL 1925