PERGOLAS AND ARBORS 



Naturally such, a gardener, even though an ama- 

 teur in handicraft, will remember that the garden 

 structure must also be kept in harmony with its 

 surroundings. It must be especially emphasized that 

 though the stately columned pergola may be satis- 

 factorily finished, with, broad beamed roof, and 

 square tile paving; ajid the concrete supports and 

 bark-covered posts may be accompanied by a roof of 

 rustic limbs, and a paving of concrete, or gravel or 

 stepping stones set at intervals in the sod, the most 

 charmingly finished structure, in itself, will not be 

 pleasing unless it is in keeping with the home. 



A rambling bungalow of rustic design, set in the 

 midst of a wildwood garden, will appear crude, and 

 will lose much of its picturesque charm, when a 

 classic Italian pergola, of stately columned type, is 

 set in the midst of the garden. In like manner the 

 handsome Colonial house appears to lose its dignity 

 when it joins hands with a rustic, bark-covered, 

 coquettish pergola. 



The structure that reaches from the house to a 

 garden retreat, or from one garden building to an- 

 other, is particularly pleasing, as it then serves an 

 effective utilitarian purpose, instead of being merely 

 set down in the midst of a garden for decorative pur- 

 pose only. On the Schoen estate, "Bose Valley 

 Farm, ' ' at Moylan, Pennsylvania, the handsome per- 



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