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ARCHES AND PLEACHING 



ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL TYPES SUITABLE 

 FOR AMERICAN GARDENS 



Two distinct forms of garden arches distinguish 

 modern landscape architecture. They give dignity 

 to the perspective of public gardens and attractive 

 cosiness to shady nooks and retreats in home gar- 

 dens. The most common is the arch constructed of 

 wood or iron, with lattice and trellis combinations for 

 supporting vines and climbing roses to cover the 

 arch with greenery. Another type, not so frequently 

 seen in this country as it should be, is the pleached 

 arch or ' l pleached alley, ' ' as it is known in England 

 and in Italy. In the latter form not only the support 

 for the greenery but the entire arch is composed of 

 living trees. 



The pleached alley is the type belonging to the 

 Elizabethan period of old English gardens and to 

 the early villas of Italy. It is much more extensive 

 than the pleached arch, which usually consists of one 

 or two trees on opposite sides of an entrance gate, 

 with the tops closely interwoven to form a continu- 

 ous arch of green. The pleached alley is formed of a 

 succession of these closely planted and interwoven 

 trees, with their tops forming an unbroken mass of 



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