32 GAEDEN ORNAMENTS 



The pergola of to-day is not like that of yes- 

 terday. When first introduced into our gardens 

 it was taken up on many small estates, and so 

 badly designed that it combined badly with the 

 garden. It was then it fell into disfavor and was 

 pronounced a failure for use in our garden 

 plan. 



But landscape gardeners, with an eye to the 

 unique, felt that it was a necessary rounding-out 

 of the garden design, and rescued from ignominy, 

 it took its place in right surroundings, in the heart 

 of the garden with a border of elaborate flower 

 designs. Garden seats were placed inside and when 

 it fronted on an Italian garden, a fountain was 

 often introduced, the musical tinkle of the spouting 

 water giving a special charm. 



Among the many designs the simplest is a simple 

 rustic frame structure, appropriate for small or 

 wild gardens. It is formed of cedar posts driven 

 four feet into the ground, and reaching to the 

 height of eight feet. This is covered with a beam 

 or a slab roof structure over which is trained the 

 morning glory, the California creeper, or the grape. 

 This latter is much used, the picturesqueness of the 

 ripening fruit adding to its attractiveness. These 



