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This covered way is a series of linked arches, more 

 or less roughly roofed in, on which ramble all kinds of 

 climbing plants. It should be built substantially, or, 

 just when the plants are attaining their full size, the 

 supports may begin to give, and much of the work will 

 have to be done again. 



Good posts of oak or other durable timber, brick 

 pillars or pillars of brick burrs should be used for the 

 uprights. Let the arches be not less than 8 feet wide 

 and 8 feet high, and from 8 to 12 feet apart. Should it be 

 desired to erect a lighter and less substantial structure 

 as a pergola, poles similar in size to thick hop poles 

 of ash may be used, or other suitable wood. To give 

 stability to such a structure, it is necessary, in order 

 to resist high winds, that strong angle-irons should be 

 driven deeply into the ground against every alternate 

 post, the two being lashed together with thick wire 

 cord. Care must be taken to watch for decaying posts 

 or iron pieces, new ones being substituted without 

 much difficulty when pruning time arrives. 



The pergola should serve a definite purpose. 

 Properly it should lead from one point to another, and 

 where possible this should be kept in view. A pergola is 

 sometimes useful in providing a screen, or to form the 

 boundary between the Flower Garden proper and a 

 rougher section of the garden or paddock. 



It is of the first necessity that a pergola should be 

 well clothed, and it is to ensure this result that suitable 

 Roses should be selected and a proper system of 

 pruning adopted. 



Among the larger growing climbing Roses are a 

 select few which are particularly fitted for this purpose. 



