GARDEN FEATURES 



makes it far more enjoyable than an expensive 

 seat without the vine would be to the person who 

 has a taste for pleasing and attractive things, 

 simply because it pleases the eye by its outlines, 

 thus appealing to the sense of the beautiful. 

 Beauty is cheap, when looked at from the right 

 standpoint, which is never one of dollars and 

 cents. It is just these little things about a place 

 that do so much to make it home-like, as you will 

 readily see if, when you find a place that pleases 

 you, you take the trouble to analyze the secret 

 of its attractiveness. 



The pergola has not been much in evidence 

 among us until of late. A rapidly increasing 

 taste for the attractive features of old-world, out- 

 door life in sunny countries where much of the 

 time is spent outside the dwelling, and the intro- 

 duction of the " Italian garden " idea, have given 

 it a popularity in America that makes it a rival 

 of the arbor or summer-house, and bids fair to 

 make it a thing of permanence among us. 



The question is frequently asked by those who 

 have read about pergolas, but have never seen 

 one, as to wherein they differ from the ordinary 

 arbor. The difference is more in location, ma- 

 terial, and manner of construction than anything 

 else. They are generally built of timber that can 



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