T h 



Livable Ho ii s e 



SIMPLE ROSE ARCHES OF VERV 

 GOOD DESKiN 



GarJtn of Miss Emilv Slade at \\'indsor, 

 l'ermo7tt. Charles A. Piatt, Aninlril 



A GATE\\'AV AND ARBOR AT 

 HAMILTON FARM 



Estate (if James Cox Brady, Gladstone, 

 A'fTC' Jersey. Ruth Dean, .Ireliiteet 



true of any free-standing wall or fence. If it does not grow out 

 of a building or end against one, its terminations must be con- 

 cealed bv planting. Such a piece of wall is well taken care of on 

 the Schiti" place, \\'here evergreens and sturdy shrubs make it part 

 i^f its surroundings. 



The same criticism of loose ends is to be made of a great many 

 arbors and pergolas. An arbor should begin at some expected 

 and natural place and end in the same way: should lead from one 

 spot to another, and not be just set down in the midst of things. 

 An interesting arbor is that on the grounds of Mr. Jonathan God- 

 frey where the arbor is in effect part of a wall. The beams run 



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