PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



gola of almost classic severity of design is in perfect 

 harmony with the remodelled mansion from which it 

 leads to the equally stately water tower and garden 

 workshop. Among the camping colonies of the Maine 

 woods there are harmonious designs serving equally 

 useful purposes. Accompanying a, log bungalow is a 

 pergola with posts of the same rough logs that form 

 the walls of the little house, and with overhead beams 

 of the same rustic formation. The garden structure 

 leads from the kitchen door of the house, through a 

 tangle of wild roses and honeysuckle, to a rustic 

 covered spring which supplies the water for the camp. 

 On the rocky Maine coast, where another camp 

 reaches down to the water's edge, for the pergolas 

 and combination summer-houses and arbors the sup- 

 porting posts are massive square columns of small 

 rough field stones, picturesquely constructed in the 

 same order as the massive outside chimneys of the 

 low, rambling houses. 



For the decorative features of the structure, no 

 matter what the form of its design, it must be remem- 

 bered that the pergolas should have very little vine 

 drapery at the sides, arid a good heavy shelter of 

 foliage over the top. An arbor, on the other hand, 

 should have the thick screen of foliage on both sides ; 

 with the vines fastened securely to the horizontal 

 slats extending from post to post, from eighteen 



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