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Arbours. 
Rose arbours exist in various degrees of offensiveness. The 
old type of arbour was an expensive and ornate structure of 
carved metal (Fig. 73). It was supposed to be covered, of 
course, but somehow it always showed more metal than Roses. 
An arbour of knotted, gnarled stems, or even a light construc- 
FIG. 73.—-ROSE ARBOURS, OLD STYLE. 
tion of poles, is better, if merit is judged, as it should be, by 
the nearness with which the object in view is approached. It 
is not likely that metal will ever be absolutely driven out of 
the Rose garden, but the less it is allowed to triumph over 
wood the nearer to nature the Rose garden will get. 
As mentioned briefly in a previous chapter, a simple way 
of lengthening the duration of wooden supports is to pickle 
the base in a bath ot creosote. Or they may be painted with 
