GATES AND GATEWAYS 



intended for other ornamentation except the smooth 

 white iinish a popular type in the Bermuda Islands 

 the heavy cap-stone of the posts shows the four- 

 sided slope with a slight elevation in the centre, with 

 no further ornament to interfere with the stately 

 simplicity. 



Gate-posts without gates are sometimes en- 

 countered on large estates, where there is a formal 

 parked effect among adjoining country seats. The 

 posts serve merely as an ornamental finish, and, un- 

 less the formal idea is carried out in other details, 

 the posts without gate may seem an absurdity. We 

 should not approve of a doorway in the house or 

 garden building without a door, except for very 

 special designs ; then, why should the gate-post en- 

 trance look complete without a gate! It can be left 

 open if desired, but its mere presence saves from 

 giving the impression that the entire enclosure of the 

 grounds has been rendered useless because of the 

 absence of the gate. Especially is this noticeable 

 at the entrance to a broad driveway. The tall, 

 square posts of stone or brick erected as a gateway 

 boundary for the privet hedge will appear bare and 

 unfinished unless ornamental gates are swung back 

 against the shrubbery. 



Probably the one exception to this rule is the nar- 

 row entrance to a garden walk, where there is a 



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