PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



connected with the house, as well as to the structure 

 of greater extension. 



On the sunny garden terraces of old Koman villas, 

 the necessity for shaded walks made the pergola of 

 special prominence; and on its introduction into 

 other countries it has been confined largely to such 

 uses. Of late architects have come to realize that it 

 lends itself to the artistic decoration of porch and 

 veranda terraces and serves a double purpose in 

 admitting light and air to outdoor sitting rooms that 

 the old type of porch cannot supply. 



The evolution of the porch pergola as a now 

 recognized and important architectural device is 

 worthy of study. Until very recent years the covered 

 porch, with dark overhanging roof shutting the light 

 and air from the most-important rooms in the house, 

 was the rule. The open terrace, with its paved floor 

 and its unobstructed view from the living rooms, was 

 the exception. 



As originally used, the high terrace embankment 

 thrown up about the foundation of the house, with its 

 broad paved floor of tile or brick, was left without 

 any form of roof or vine screen. Decorative plants 

 and evergreen shrubbery along the boundary wall of 

 the high embankment and along the floor of the ter- 

 race against the house foundations were the only 

 ornamental features. The broad floor of this out- 



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