The Pergola. 



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Guthrie, with a surrounding pergola following the same plan (Fig. 266). The piers 

 are circular in section, of a light-coloured brick, and stand upon a flagged platform. 

 The whole is planted with vines, the most beautiful of all pergola plants. 



Brick piers at the ends, with wooden ones between, and a roofing of trellis o\'er 

 a brick pavement, form a pergola at Sandhouse, Sandhills, Witley (Fig. 267), from 

 the design of Mr. F. W. Troup. This pergola is unusually high in proportion to 

 its width. It is in general more agreeable to let the width across the path be greater 

 than the height, as in the example by Mr. Walter Cave at Ewelme Down, where 

 some specimens of topiary work in tubs are placed at the ends of paths (Fig. 268). 



FIG. 263, — PIERS OF TILES, WIDE-JOIXTED. 



A pergola of open structure by Mr. J. P. White at Garston Park gives partial 

 shelter to a garden door. Under it is a wide, flagged terrace, slightly sloping away 

 from the house to throw off rain, the joints near the planted piers being left open 

 for the benefit of the climbers. Against the house is an interesting reproduction 

 of the old-fashioned perspective treillage (Fig. 269). 



For a general guide as to dimensions, it may be taken that the piers may be 

 anything from seven feet two inches to eight feet out of the ground, eight feet to 

 nine feet apart across the paths, and nine feet to twelve feet apart in the length of 



