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FOKEIGN NOTICES. 



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Arboks. — Arbors, covered walks, and shaded resting-places, come •within the limita of picturesqne 

 grounds, if they are formed of living trees or shrubs. On the Continent, the vine i3 much used 

 for this purpose; and so it may, to a certain extent, in the south of England; but beyond the 



midland counties, and in Scot- 

 land, the IIop, Clematis, Ivy, 

 Honeysuckle, and Climbing 

 Roses, must be used as substi- 

 tutes. Fig. 1 displays the taste 

 of the French and Germans in 

 this matter, who in general 

 place them against walls, and 

 often cany them by a flight of 

 steps to a considerable height, 

 as in our figure. 



In Germany, arbors are often 

 fittted up among the branches 

 of very large and old ti'ees. 



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Fig. 1. 



and access got to them by means of a ladder. If study or privacy induce the visitor to ascend, 

 the ladder can be drawn up, and so intrusion be prevented. We may here remark, that in general 

 the terms arbor and bower have been considered synonymous: it appears that properly they are 

 not. Mr. Mallett, of Dublin, frequently quoted in this work, says: "An arbor is a space covered 

 and enclosed by the interweaving branches of trees, and reticulated stems of living plants, 

 intended to afford shade and retirement. The words arbor and bower are properly very distinct ; 

 the former alone being formed of the living 

 branches and stems of trees, whereas the 

 bower, which is not derived from bough, or 

 any analogous word, means simply any small 

 cliaraber ; yet they are used indiscriminately 

 by the best writers." 



Tlie term bower seems, as it were, the word 

 of poetry, in which it is frequently made use 

 of; whereas arbor seldom is, if ever. 



With us, few natural arbors are to be met 

 with. The least artistical are those formed by 

 slightly arranging the pendant branches of the 

 Weeping Ash, or similar-growing trees. A few 

 props within, to support a rod or hoop, to 

 carry up the pendant branches, is all that is 

 required ; and if these have too much the 

 appearance of art, the smaller branches of the 

 tree may be trained down upon them, or ivy 

 may be planted and trained over them, and 

 allowed to intermingle with the branches form- 

 roof Fig. 2. 

 next kind of arbor for simplicity of form, is that formed of tall, straight, youn 



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