THE POPULAR PORCH PERGOLA 



keep in order. There is also danger of washouts 

 in times of severe storms tearing away the terrace 

 boundaries and causing the paving to sink. 



With a brick, concrete or stone retaining wall, the 

 terraced floor of the pergola will stand indefinitely. 

 After filling in with earth, there should be several 

 inches of well-rolled cinders on the top to give a good 

 foundation for the paving. When the retaining wall 

 is of stone, earth-pockets in the stone-work will give 

 sustenance to many creeping plants and gay blooms. 

 The brick or concrete wall, with trailing plants and 

 vines trained over the surface, will produce a cool, 

 restful green effect as well as a sodded terrace with- 

 out any of its inconveniences. 



Stationary tables of rustic design, with seats of 

 the same character, are the best furnishings for 

 the airy rustic porch pergola. Accompanying the 

 stately columns and tile flooring, the fine old high- 

 back Colonial seats, with quaint arm " wings" or 

 "pew ends," will be desirable. Concrete tables and 

 seats may furnish the rugged pergola, with concrete 

 pillars and flooring. For the stately old-world types, 

 furnished after the plan of Roman villas, importa- 

 tions of tables and benches in Italian marbles are 

 admired on many American estates, for the porch 

 pergolas of the home and various garden retreats. 

 Decorative urns and flower vases of Florentine pot- 

 tery outline the floor terraces. 



