52 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



gola is a most elaborate affair and is very beauti- 

 ful. It would not look as well anywhere else, 

 and time has added greatly to its beauty. The 

 vines, for the most part Wistaria and Grape, have 

 developed into enormous fantastic growths that 

 have completely entwined the pillars and beams 

 of this great structure. If it was an adjunct to 

 any house except this bepillared classic hall it 

 would look out of place and ineffective. Perhaps 

 it is more appropriate to-day in the grounds of a 

 National Cemetery than anywhere else that it 

 could be put. 



In Central Park, New York, there are several 

 rustic pergolas on which Wistaria has been trained, 

 and their effect in Springtime is enchanting. 

 There used to be one at least a hundred and fifty 

 feet long that spanned the bridle-path where it 

 runs beside the West drive not far below Mc- 

 Gowan's Pass. After a few days of blooming 

 the ground beneath the vines would become com- 

 pletely covered with the purple petals that every 

 zephyr sent fluttering downwards in a twinkling 

 shower. The combination of the delicate colour- 

 ing of the many graceful clusters, and the fresh 



