ARCHES, PERGOLAS, PILLARS, AND 



STUMPS 



FEW garden lovers can have failed to observe the remarkable rise 

 in popularity of that phase of flower gardening which is represented 

 by arches and various kinds of rustic erection covered with plants. 

 The modern Rose Garden, as we saw in the special chapter on 

 Roses, is an informal feature. It does not consist merely of a 

 few stiff rows of plants, but is diversified by arches and pillars. 

 Thus broken up it is immeasurably more attractive than the stiff 

 garden. 



It is not every flower lover who can form a special Rose 

 Garden, and Roses are not by any means the only plants suit- 

 able for rustic structures. There are places in every garden 

 where something informal can be attempted, and there are many 

 plants, including a few good Annuals, that can be flowered in 

 a few weeks from inexpensive seed sown in spring, suitable for 

 covering poles. This being so, we need have no hesitation in 

 recommending this branch of gardening even to those whose means 

 and space are of the most limited character. 



It is really where the area available for gardening is the 

 smallest that arches and pillars are the most useful. When a 

 builder has to operate in a crowded city, where land is scarce, 

 what does he do? He goes upward. He puts as much of his 

 erection in the air, and spreads as little on the ground, as is 

 consistent with safety. The amateur who has a very small garden 

 will seek the air also. He will not erect horticultural "sky- 

 scrapers," but he will increase the area for his plants by providing 

 them with growing space above the ground. 



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