22 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



rambling one. They are carefully designed to 

 bring out some individual scheme. Unlike the lit- 

 tle posy plots of long ago with their unobtrusive 

 green arbors, now we come upon a large space 

 which has been laid out for picture effects. This is 

 the work of the landscape architect, who takes as 

 mucE^ pride in his garden structures, as does the 

 architect in the design of his house. He vies with 

 his rivals in producing odd effects with marble 

 fragments and artistic combinations in his color 

 scheme. 



Each one of the many types, that are shown at 

 the present day, shows distinctive features. These 

 appear and disappear in endless variety, and 

 among them are the pergola and the arch, the lat- 

 ter a grandchild of the green arbor that was in evi- 

 dence in our grand-dames' time. 



Unlike those seen in the old-fashioned gardens, 

 it is not always built of wood. Sometimes it is so 

 placed as to define the terraces, leading with its 

 shadowy treatment to delightful glimpses of vistas 

 beyond, well laid out for this very purpose. Again 

 we find it shadowing the garden at one side, where 

 it makes a covered walk, under which one can 

 pass, and view the garden pleasantly. 



