PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



loveliness, calling for studied, restful enjoyment, 

 would have made it purposeful and pleasing; 

 whereas it is without use or meaning in its present 

 position. 



For sheltering and partially obscuring a garden 

 seat an arch of greenery and bloom has a special 

 charm and may be constructed in various designs. 

 When built of iron supports with wire between the 

 irons to carry the thick growth of foliage good re- 

 sults are achieved by carrying the wire down back 

 of the seat; continuing the background of greenery 

 and bloom from the arched canopy, over the seat, to 

 form a screen at the back. This is especially ap- 

 propriate when the garden seat is in a sheltered 

 nook, with a kitchen garden at the back, or some 

 object that it is desirable to screen from the lawn 

 view. The screen dropping down from the arch at 

 the proper place, the one who is seated naturally 

 faces the direction where the beauties of lawn and 

 garden are most alluring. 



It is quite as important to have an imposing 

 series of arches provided with a good approach as 

 it is to give the isolated structural arch an appro- 

 priate position. When the series bordering a curved 

 or winding walk stands well within the confines of 

 the garden (without an entrance gate to serve as an 

 approach) a bit of statuary, flower tubs or vases, or 



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