IX 

 SOME OLD-WORLD FEATURES 



Arcaded Walks and Pergolas 



WHETHER or not the "pensile or hang- 

 ing gardens of Babylon " were an 

 early form of pergola, there is good reason for 

 believing that the most primitive types of gar- 

 dening included the raising of timber frames for 

 the support of climbing plants. And the love 

 of the ancients for the simple architecture of the 

 colonnade would suggest their familiarity with 

 this beautiful method of guiding foliage and dis- 

 playing bloom. The " alleys " of mediaeval and 

 later days were aiso often enclosed about with a 

 framework for roses, for well these lovers of gardens 

 knew that their riotous luxuriance could not be 

 better shown than on the formal lines of post and 



crossbar. 



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