Book of Gardens 



59 



/( is often advisable 

 to break the garden 

 vista wit It the oc- 

 casional relief of an 

 arbor. This is done 

 on the Newport place 

 of Mrs. Hugh D. 

 A uchinclossy where 

 fluted columns sup- 

 port the arbors in the 

 rose garden and lat- 

 tice affords a back- 

 ground for climbing 

 roses. The long grav- 

 eled path ends in a 

 rustic gate and a 

 vista of sea and sky 



The garden vista is 

 usually accented by 

 a path which forms 

 the major axis in the 

 garden design. Where 

 it crosses other axes 

 the spot can be 

 marked by a sundial 

 or bird bath. In the 

 gardens of Mrs. John 

 S. Newberry at 

 Grosse Pointe Farms, 

 near Detroit, the path 

 leads the eye to the 

 pergola on one side 

 and the tangled fields 



