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pergolas are generally eight feet wide and have for 

 a flooring irregular flags through which peer grass 

 or moss. 



This type of garden furniture is perfectly well 

 adapted to Italian, English, or Colonial types of 

 architecture, and is constructed often of marble. 

 It is not merely an ornament but a useful adjunct 

 to a garden, and can be made of concrete, or cob- 

 blestone, if one does not wish to go to the expense 

 of using marble. 



There is a modern form of this feature that is a 

 development from century-old customs, the porch- 

 pergola which is fast supplanting the old covered 

 porches of yesterday. This is designed with an 

 open, vine-covered roof. It gives an added charm 

 to the exterior of the house and furnishes a shady 

 nook for sunny days, without the drawback of the 

 old porch whose roof darkened the house in winter 

 by withholding the sun. 



No one, no matter how small their grounds, need 

 deny themselves a pergola. It is such an import- 

 ant feature and so decorative that it is almost a 

 necessity. For the little backyard it may be simply 

 a rustic porch planted in the middle of the gar- 

 den. Properly laid out, it can be used as an out-of- 



