CHAPTER IX 



Garden Architecture — continued 



GARDEN-HOUSES, PERGOLAS, AVIARIES, COL- 

 UMBARIES, DOVE-COTES, HOT-HOUSES, 

 carpenter's work, FOUNTAINS, SUN- 

 DIALS, STATUARY. 



Banoueting- HOUSES, gazebos, and garden- 

 houses, all mean pretty much the same thing in 

 an English garden. The origin of the word 

 gazebo is obscure. It was used in the last 

 century for the garden-house built at the corner 

 of the terrace at the farther end of the garden, 

 with outlooks to the ground or road outside. 

 It was in two storeys, and the first floor was 

 reached from the terrace. Pergola is, of course, 

 Italian, and signified originally a trellis of wood 



