PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



like a comparatively flat roof, the ornamental finish 

 at the gate may be formed into a square receptacle for 

 flowers, with a broad coping brought down over the 

 wall at this point after joining the cap-stone. 



Gateways of concrete and stucco, like those that 

 are built in harmony with Spanish and Moorish 

 types of houses in California and in tropical islands, 

 are finished in many novel forms. In square, cir- 

 cular, or octagon form, these huge posts sometimes 

 extend as high as the doorway, where the entrance 

 gate to the service yard is close to the kitchen door, 

 or where the gate to the court or patio garden is 

 close to the side entrance. Big plant tubs, holding 

 curious growths of immense cactus plants, are the 

 favorite finish, where the climate will allow these 

 plants to remain outside all the year round, as in 

 California and Florida. 



Another favorite California type is the thick wall 

 of concrete, stucco, or cobbles, sloping up to the top 

 of the gate-post, although only two to three feet in 

 height in the lower levels surrounding the garden. 

 The concrete cap-stone with the pitch both ways 

 covers the top of the wall, but on reaching the top 

 of the gate-post the pyramid or conical form is as- 

 sumed, sometimes finished with a ball, all carried 

 out in the same design of concrete or stucco. With 

 the flat-topped wall and the tall square gate-post not 



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