THE GARDEN ENCLOSURE 51 



to these bedizened back yards, and which only 

 serve to call attention to the bad taste of the 

 owners. In this class of garden which is becom- 

 ing more common every year because it is the 

 "fashion," a pergola is conspicuous, in fact it 

 is a sort of hall-mark without which none is con- 

 sidered genuine. 



Italian pergolas are good things to avoid in 

 common sense gardens. Do not connect the gar- 

 den and the house by one, nor let one lean famil- 

 iarly up against the wall of the mansion. A per- 

 gola should not be built in the flower garden at 

 all unless it is in the shape of a small, simple 

 arbour, and then only if you intend to smother it 

 quickly with Honeysuckles or Roses. Such Rose 

 pergolas are common in English gardens where 

 climbing Roses flourish exceedingly, but they are 

 always placed where they have some meaning ; as a 

 dividing line between the flower garden and the 

 kitchen garden ; or at the end of a path ; or as an 

 approach to a terrace or a plantation. 



There is a pergola at Arlington, near Washing- 

 ton, which matches in its proportions the house, 

 a massive structure of classic design. This per- 



