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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



banqueting rooms and pleasure houses which hang directly over their surface 

 and seem calculated on purpose to enjoy them." 



There is an immense variety shown in the designs for arbours and summer 

 houses (illus., pp. 169, 170), which, with their quaintly-shaped roofs, gilt vanes 

 and gaily-painted shutters added greatly to the attraction of the gardens. 

 The principal arbours Were comfortable retreats, solidly built of brick and 



SPRINGTIME, FROM AN ENGRAVING BY P. VAN DER HEYDE, I57O. 



Stone to withstand rough weather, the less important constructed of light 

 woodwork and often of topiary. Green tunnels frequently surround the par- 

 terre ; the quaint example illustrated shows an oblong island surrounded by 

 a crenellated wall and divided into two circular parterres with surrounding 

 tunnels of verdure and cone-shaped arbours. 



