GARDEN ACCESSORIES 93 



vine arbor is a transition from the house, out 

 into the pergola or vine arbor that is not archi- 

 tectural, or out into less architectural regions 

 generally. Pergola, be it noted, means nothing 

 more nor less than "vine arbor"; it is our own 

 false conception of the term that applies it only 

 to the timber and heavy column structure which 

 has found its detached way into gardens and 

 succeeded generally in getting where it does not 

 belong. Away out of doors and apart from 

 dwellings there should be no architectural per- 

 golas; here genuinely roofed structures are in 

 order, or else the simplest arbors. Only at- 

 tached to the dwelling, not merely against it 

 but leading from it, may architectural pergolas 

 be properly introduced. 



Many gardens or garden sites which are too 

 small to admit a garden house or casino suffi- 

 ciently apart from the dwelling to be worth 

 while may yet afford space for this proper use 

 of the pergola. Where this is too ambitious for 

 the type of house and the grounds generally, 

 however, a seat under a tree is always possible 

 — or under a bower of vines — with an outdoor 

 table to keep it company. This much at least 

 should never be omitted from any garden — and 

 may be repeated as often, within the bounds of 

 reason, as space admits or fancy dictates, to 



