93 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



At the same time, they are worth preserving in mind for 

 use in perspective treillage. Then a simple arch like 

 Fig. 69 is very easily constructed, and looks well, as there 

 is no pattern to take the attention away from the creepers 

 supported by it. 



We may mention one elaborate design which, if 



modified in treil- 

 lage-work, or even 

 if introduced into 

 the stonework of a 

 wall, would have a 

 good effect at the 

 end of a gallery. 

 The design is an 

 archway supported 

 upon columns of 

 treillage, with two 

 pyramids of wood- 

 work on the top of 

 the roof and a globe 

 in the centre. The 



Fig. 69. 



whole forms a recess, in which is a seat ; and just above 

 this is a window, through which the distant landscape can 

 be seen. We can readily imagine what a pretty vista was 

 gained in this way, looking down the gallery and through 

 the window at the blue distance beyond. 



Wherever such unexpected views can be made they 

 lend interest to a garden. In an old French print a 

 circular garden is shown with a stone basin and fountain 

 in the centre. Upon either side of this two inclined 

 paths lead to a higher level, where there is a surrounding 

 fence of treillage, and opening out of this are three vistas 

 of the same woodwork. There is a feeling of the mystery 

 of the unknown about these three walks. We long at 

 once to leave the soft splash of the fountain, and to wander 



