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on the forms employed : the idea must be well 

 conceived, and the detail must be worthy of the 

 conception. Trellis may easily become common- 

 place or tawdry, and unless it is to be entirely 

 covered with foliage its structural lines should give 

 the appearance, as well as have the reality, of strength. 

 There are many places in the garden where 

 treillage can be effectively introduced, and it can 

 generally be safely employed wherever our im- 

 mediate forebears would have been tempted to use 

 the so-called " rustic " type of woodwork. Temples, 

 arbours, summer houses, screens, enclosures for 

 tennis lawns or paved gardens, the backs of seats, all 

 these are easily formed of this material. Although, 

 however, it is a useful method to employ here and 

 there, it is better, if possible, to make such features 

 a definite part of a treillage scheme, and to link a 

 seat or shelter to a screen of trellis, self-supporting or 

 fixed to the face of a wall. Treillage gives a definite 

 character to the garden in which it is employed, and it 

 is invaluable on new sites and in town gardens, where 

 well-grown hedges and trees are absent. Yet its 

 beauty is greatly enhanced by a background of trees, 

 which can be seen through its semi-transparent wall. 



