THE PERGOLA 



from Florence, and a convenient bench; at the other the pergola 

 broadens into a square tea-house with old wooden seats in the 

 corners, a stump for a table, and in the centre a spikenard from 

 the woods, growing in one of Nature's jardiniere*. 



To the north a narrow path leads from this end of the pergola. 



THE WOODSY SIDE OF THE PERGOLA 



under the lindens and maples, to the kitchen garden not far away; 

 while on the west another path lined with meadow-rue, columbine, 

 and the spikenard, connects with the service road and cottage and 

 upper garden. 



On the woodsy side of the pergola grow the golden glow, and 



plumed poppy, the tall Eulalia grass, and the plumed ravenna reed, 



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