THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



a covered way and resting place, a sort 

 of cross between a summer-house and a 

 pergola. 



What a refreshing sense of comfort these 

 vine-covered structures gave to the little 

 backyard gardens ! Here the housewife 

 would come to shell peas and pare apples, 

 or to read awhile in the cool shade after a 

 hot fight with the unwelcome weeds of the 

 garden. And the children of the house- 

 hold how they loved this miniature 

 bower where they could play at " keeping 

 house " to their hearts' content ! 



There is another variety of vine-clad en- 

 closure often called a pergola that is more 

 properly a flat-roofed arbor, for it spans no 

 walk but has all the appearance of a flat- 

 roofed house, with open sides and a roof 

 that is open except for the rafters and 

 leaves of vines that clothe the spaces be- 

 tween them. This airy structure is of 

 rather recent introduction in our gardens, 

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