ARCHES AND PLEACHING 



latticed in diamond or square patterns, and the 

 woodwork painted entirely white, giving a pleasing 

 contrast to the green of clinging vines. Gateway 

 arches are frequently a continuation of the wood- 

 work of white fences of palings, with the same pat- 

 tern carried out in the high arch extending over the 

 gate. A pleasing type, popular to-day, is of rustic 

 work with bark-covered cedar posts, set at intervals 

 of two or three feet apart with heavy rustic branches 

 forming the cross supports for the vines. 



A succession of arches leading from the gateway 

 to some distant point in the garden is most attractive 

 following the line of a curved walk, and when draped 

 with climbing roses with the blooming branches meet- 

 ing and intertwined over the top of the arch, they 

 possess all the charm of the pleached evergreens, 

 with the additional fascination of flowering beauty 

 and fragrance. 



No matter how beautiful is the foliage and bloom- 

 covered arch, in itself, it will lose its attractive- 

 ness when unwisely placed. Standing out promi- 

 nently in the centre of the lawn it has very little 

 excuse for its existence. The fact that it shelters 

 a garden seat does not help to give it dignity; for 

 the seat, as well as the arch, is entirely out of place. 

 The same structure placed in a cosy sheltered re- 

 treat, or standing before a garden vista of special 



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