A GARDEN IN VENICE 



beauty. The supports are very ancient marble 

 and stone columns not large nor high, but per- 

 fectly proportioned, serving well their purpose 

 and in entire harmony with all around them. 



The pergolas in general use at Venice are of 

 other and very evanescent kind. The pollard 

 willows that grow in the low lands of the neigh- 

 bouring terra-firma supply the poles, and they are 

 sold, according to their size, at from five francs 

 to twenty the hundred. The initial cost is small, 

 and so, well suited to Venetian habits ; but it is 

 not a cheap vine support, as the soft wood, quickly 

 grown, quickly decays, and requires constant 

 renewal. The upright pali, planted about two 

 metres apart in a line on either side of the foot- 

 way, are first connected with cordoni, as the laterals 

 are called, at from five to eight feet from the 

 ground, according to the strength of the vines 

 and their owner's requirements for use or appear- 

 ance. Then the two lines, six to eight feet apart, 

 are joined and made interdependent by cross poles, 

 tr aver si. On these traversi are laid two longi- 

 tudinal lines constructed of the lighter poles, and 

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