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A better type of thing is that now illustrated. 

 It is a simple framing of light, rough sawn oak 

 rods, within the capacity of any amateur to 

 construct. The upright may be one and one 

 half inches 

 square in sec- 

 tion, the cross- 

 pieces one and 

 one half inches 

 by one inch, and 

 the laths one 

 inch by one half 

 an inch. There 

 is plenty of scope 

 for tasteful de- 

 sign in varying 

 the details of 

 such an arch, 



. , . Fig. 82. Arch 



without intro- 

 ducing further elaboration. Simple arches 

 may also be made of unbarked larch on the 

 lines indicated in the next illustration. 



As in the pergola, so in the arch; a straight 

 level top looks best, and best suits the purpose 

 for which the arch exists. Arches with high- 

 pitched roofs without cross-ties invariably 



