TEMPLES AND BELVEDERES 



plan of flooring and furnishing may be carried out. 

 A quaint flooring of small tiles is also in good taste 

 for the concrete structure, and the decoration of the 

 eave projections may appear in the same design to 

 good advantage. 



A structure of heavy rustic work, with bark- 

 covered posts and a decorative form of overhanging 

 roof, is sometimes set upon a garden eminence over- 

 looking a vista of fountain, lake, flowers, trees, shrub- 

 bery, and graded and balustraded terraces ; and from 

 its position and its commanding view it is designated 

 as a garden temple. This is an evidence not only 

 of poor taste, but also of lack of the correct knowl- 

 edge of temple requirements. Thisi same rustic 

 structure, given the position of a garden retreat or 

 summer-house, with vine draperies and appropriate 

 rustic furnishing, will prove an architectural success. 

 In its pose as a garden temple it is simply a failure. 



The garden architect who' proposes to build his 

 own temple from concrete or wood should not be 

 content with reproducing the work on a neighboring 

 estate. No matter how true to Grecian and Italian 

 ideals this may be claimed to be 1 , it will not be wise to 

 take it as a model for a classic reproduction until 

 one has carefully studied authentic forms. In these 

 days of photographic reproductions, it is not difficult 

 to study types as they stand in stately beauty in old- 



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