PERGOLAS AND ARBORS 



ports are of rough stone, concrete, bark posts, or 

 other rustic design; or whether it is built after a 

 stately colonial plan; or with Doric or Tuscan col- 

 umns, with the overhead beams of the same architec- 

 tural type. It is lack of care in proportion and 

 detail, more than anything else, that has brought 

 disfavor for the average pergola that is carelessly 

 constructed. 



When ten or twelve of the big white columns, with 

 the eight-foot distances between them, carry the 

 shaded path out for nearly a hundred feet into the 

 garden with the eight-foot width of pathway beneath 

 the overhanging roof vines, there is ample space for 

 seats and tables and charming nooks for resting 

 along the walk beneath the vines. When two* of 

 these long pergolas are built side by side, to enclose 

 a garden court, extending out from a sun parlor 

 connecting the house with the garden as they do 

 at "Lyndanwalt" a fascinating garden retreat is 

 achieved that is unusual in its treatment. The court 

 or open space between the two pergolas, is left with- 

 out any attempt at roofing with beams, or slats, or 

 vine shelter. Following the type of the Roman villa 

 (from which the inspiration for this double pergola 

 and open court was secured), the central open space 

 is carpeted with closely trimmed turf of velvety 

 smoothness, instead of being paved like the pergola 



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