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cross-pieces may be fixed, if desired, to give 

 additional support to the foliage. No further 

 elaboration is necessary or desirable. In 

 Italian gardens the pergola is often of the 

 flimsiest construction, being made of light 

 woodwork joined by cordage, but I do not 

 recommend that plan for an American garden. 



Fig. 79. Pergola 



Instead of timber in the state of nature, the 

 pergola may be built of squared oak parts, 

 left rough from the saw, adopting the design 

 illustrated in Fig. 80, or something of similar 

 character, always remembering to maintain a 

 studied simplicity, combined with the neces- 

 sary structural strength to withstand wind and 

 weather, and the weight of the foliage which 

 will eventually cluster about the structure. 



