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pose is to provide support for climbing plants, 

 by which their beauty may be better displayed. 

 The position of the arch will be determined by 

 general considerations of the picturesque. It 

 should certainly span a path, and, if possible, 

 mark the passage from one division of the 

 garden to another. 



Have nothing to do with ready-made gal- 

 vanised iron arches. They are generally too 

 light in construction, and in consequence are 

 ready to assume startling departures from the 

 symmetrical on the slightest provocation. 



I know of nothing better than the arch 

 illustrated in Fig. 13. It is made of i-inch 

 square oak rods, put together with screws. 

 The cross laths are i inch by f inch, nailed on. 



The pergola, an Italian device (seen also in 

 many continental gardens), is a useful and 

 picturesque accessory. 



It is merely a skeleton structure bridging the 

 walk, over which may be trained some of the 

 quick-growing climbers with admirable effect. 

 Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Wistaria, Clematis, 

 Hop, the ornamental Gourds, and the many 



