ARCHWAYS AND TREILLAGE 33 



the entering on of new. Where the arch is placed in 

 the centre of a walk, this pleasurable anticipation is 

 absent, and there is a lack of motive displayed which 

 cannot fail to destroy an effect which is otherwise 

 satisfactory enough. Very often the galvanised iron 

 wire erections, which I have referred to earlier, are fixed 

 to the brickwork surrounding a doorway in the garden 

 wall. This seems to me one of the poorest uses to 

 which the arch can be put, as there is one existing 

 already, and the bareness of the wall could easily have 

 been masked by creepers. By carefully avoiding the 

 use of the cheap ready-made forms which are so much 

 advertised, using instead a simple framework of durable 

 materials, there only remains the necessity for choosing 

 an appropriate position, and the garden arch is an assured 

 success. 



Comparatively few of our modern gardeners seem to 

 have any idea of the charming and varied effects which 

 can be obtained, at small cost, by the use of trellis-work. 

 Especially does this apply to owners of small gardens, 

 which latter often demand its introduction more than 

 those of large extent. Small villa gardens for example 

 would often be vastly improved by screening off un- 

 sightly objects, which obtrude their presence forcibly 

 upon us, and which, owing to the limited space, always 

 seem to be part of the view, no matter from which 

 direction one looks. The cheap wooden lattice, which 

 may be purchased at so much the foot run, is chiefly 

 used for facing walls to afford a foothold for climbers, 

 and only occasionally is it employed in isolated positions. 

 In drawing attention to other forms of treillage, and 

 suggesting sites where it may be placed with advantage, 

 I can strongly commend the designs executed by Mr. 

 White of Bedford, to the notice of those who wish for 

 artistic styles carried out in durable materials. After 

 having been for so long accustomed to ugly and 



