78 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



is obtained, which can be shown to the man who is to 

 carry out the work. 



One of the finest effects is by placing the uprights in a 

 triangle, so .'. The horizontals that rest upon these 

 uprights should also be in groups of three. It looks best, 

 too, if they project a foot or so beyond the uprights, over 

 the sides (Fig. 6i). One lovely long walk so arranged is 



Fig. 6i. 



paved with grey York stone slabs ; little rock plants are 

 in the crevices, and also on the edges beneath the 

 pergola. Near by, but on a lower level, is a smaller 

 arched pergola made of iron arches, and it stretches 

 across to join an espalier of fruit. This pergola is very 

 narrow, and allows of only one person walking along it at 

 a time, for it is but eight feet high. The other larger 

 pergola is much higher and wider. The charm of the 

 whole is that from the important high one we look down 

 upon the smaller one and see its lovely roof of roses. 



