ARBOR WITH VINES 
(SEE PLAN NO. 7) 
LIMBING vines, especially those that twine, will be needed in 
( covering a long arbor or pergola, and such a planting will serve to 
illustrate their proper use. 
Let us imagine a rectangular plot enclosed on three sides by a pergola 
five feet wide and eight to ten feet high. The fourth side is the west 
wing of the house. A walk runs beneath the pergola its whole length and 
connects the house with other features of the estate. We shall further 
suppose a teahouse and other accessories, as seats and flower plantings, 
but our study at present is the pergola planting. The enclosed lawn may 
be used as a playground for the children, a croquet court, small, formal 
garden, rose garden, as the case may be. 
The structure may be built of rough cedar logs or of stained cypress 
beams set over concrete posts—whichever fits the style of the house 
and grounds and the purse of the owner—for vines will grow equally 
well when trained on either. 
There will be an arch over the main walk, the teahouse, and the 
piazza to be covered with very tall vines, a portion of the house to be 
concealed by clinging vines, while low vines will be needed on the con- 
tinued low trellis along the outer side of the north and west portions of 
the pergola. The posts are set in pairs ten feet apart, and a tall vine 
is planted at each post, often with a low variety of vine to help hide 
the base of the post. The south side is to be very open at the bottom 
to allow a perennial border on each side and views out across the lawn 
southward. 
Let us plant the pergola vines. The coarser-growing sorts will be 
used on the north part of the structure, refined blossoming vines on the 
south section. The inner side of the west section will be mostly climbing 
Roses, as also beyond the pergola itself on posts along the walk to the 
greenhouse. Each number on the plan means one strong plant; about 
125 woody vines and 30 perennial vines are needed. 
It is expected that each plant will have room enough to attain a 
goodly size at length, and that every straggling shoot will be cut off 
or tied to the beams where it will be most useful. During the first and 
second years after planting, annual vines such as Morning Glories, 
Moonflowers, etc., will help to give color and shade, but they will not be 
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