ARCHES, PERGOLAS, PILLARS, AND STUMPS 271 



a pergola, the top poles of which are laid on the level. Six feet 



will do for the former, but seven feet must be the minimum for 



the latter. Isolated pillars should not be less than seven feet high. 



Strong Roses like Dorothy Perkins will be 



over the top of them in the first season. 



The side and top timbers of a pergola should 



be of smaller size than the uprights, both in 



the interests of weight and expense. The 



width of a pergola should be not less than 



eight feet. Both in regard to height and 



width it has to be remembered that the 



loose, rambling growth of the plant has to 



be allowed for; and the better the plants 



A, the arch ; B, iron (or wooden) 



grow, the more freely they produce their P illar * embedded in block of 



TRIPLE ARCH 



cement C. 



flowering sprays, and the bigger the bunches 



of bloom, the more the space below and between the poles will 



be reduced. 



A pergola is a beautiful and delightful addition to a garden 



when well made and thoroughly clothed 

 ^ in verdure and blossom. It should 



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not, if possible, be set in a mere strip 

 of soil only a few inches wide, where 

 there is barely room for the plants to 

 be put in, but should be set in borders 

 several feet wide ; then not only is there 

 abundant rooting area for the Roses, 

 or whatever climbers are grown for 



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GROUND PLAN 

 A, distance between posts, or width; B, dis- covering: the pergola, but also for 



tance between side posts ; C, ends of 



posts charred and made firm in the dwarfer faVOUritCS. In this Connection 



ground. 



we may urge the planting or sowing 



of such perfumed flowers as Lavender, Bergamot, Ten-week Stocks, 

 Wallflowers, Mignonette, Sweet Peas, White Tobacco (Nicotiana 

 affinis), Night-scented Stock, Scabious, Sweet Sultan, and Pinks 



