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at is to gain a substantial and firm, yet graceful back- 

 ground, up which a climbing plant will twine ; and, 

 secondly, to obtain height in a garden, so that those 

 beautiful flowers like roses and honeysuckle are lifted 

 high above our heads. 



For these two purposes nothing can be better than 

 the Swedish idea of obelisks of treillage-work, 

 such as Fig 62, 



Sometimes we find a square-shaped pedestal 

 which supports a globe, the whole erection 

 being made of latticed wood battens. 



Another favourite device in William and 

 Mary gardens was a flower-vase with handles. 

 It was possible to plant a creeper or a young 

 tree in this, and, owing to the sunlight and air 

 that penetrated through the latticed vase, the 

 plant grew and had a quaint appearance, its 

 branches spreading out above the top of the 

 woodwork (Fig. 63). 



Pedestals of lattice-work, about four feet 

 high, were used for standing pots of flowers 

 upon, and were so arranged that they formed central 

 features in a formal garden or parterre. 



We may perhaps also mention an ornamental wood- 

 work standard which was suggested by the writer of this 

 book. It stands about ten feet high, and is made secure 

 in the ground by means of a patent iron shoe embedded 

 in cement. Upon the highest part it carries an ornament 

 or any heraldic design, such as the crest or initials of the 

 garden's owner. A creeper planted at its base can 

 be twined round the upright portions of the standard, or 

 even taken into the midst of it, where there is ample space 

 for several branches. 



While discussing the important point of height in a 

 garden, we are led to consider the characteristic French 



Fig. 62. 



