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examples. Although all countries appear to 

 appreciate treillage as a garden accessory, the 

 finest examples belong to France, and in the 

 eighteenth century the treillageur was an impor- 

 tant craftsman. He developed his own or archi- 

 tects* designs, and temples and galleries sprang 

 up in every large place. 



When landscape gardening became the rage, 

 and visible boundaries of all kinds were at a dis- 

 count, treillage and hedges alike were swept away, 

 but of late years, and with the revival of interest 

 in formal design, the art is coming into its own 

 again ; and with the modern impatience of delay 

 in obtaining results people are more inclined to 

 put up treillage than to plant hedges, without re- 

 gard to suitability. 



In designing treillage the framework is of the 

 first importance. It must form a solid outline 

 to the structure, if summer-house, or niche for 

 statue, and strong supports to screen or pergola. 

 These strong wooden posts are to treillage as 

 piers are to a pierced brick or stone balustrade, 

 and great care must be exercised in working out 

 their proportions. Iron stays were frequently 

 employed in the more elaborate French designs 

 to strengthen angles and roofs, and to enable a 

 lighter make of wood to be used. The filling in 

 should be mainly square a 7 in. mesh is pleasant 

 to look on but of course the size depends on the 

 space to be filled, and ingenuity is often needed to 



