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ing of wandering tendrils in the way they should go. 

 There are not many places where summer-houses and 

 arbors find appropriate location, and one of the most 

 important considerations that should govern the selec- 

 tion of locations for such buildings is seclusion. This 

 is the reason the summer-house, or arbor, seems to fit 

 so well in the nooks and corners of flower-gardens. 

 There are few private places where bridges are needed, 

 and parks are apt to be too much overloaded with them 



PERGOLA, OR OPEN VINE-COVERED ARBOR 



for the general beauty of the locality, although their 

 evident necessity may often force their employment in 

 places where their presence is not, for aBsthetic reasons, 

 altogether satisfactory. It is not the intention of the 

 author to make any special suggestions in regard to the 

 actual design of bridges, for that will depend on the situ- 

 ation. In a general way, it may be said that all bridges 

 in ordinary landscape architecture should, particularly 

 when they stand entirely beyond the strict domain of the 

 house, be kept simple, unobtrusive, and subordinated to 

 the primal elements of the home grounds, the dwelling, 



