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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1905 



This is a 



"FIRE-CLOSET" 



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c/1 Good Tree is a 

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A good tree, well planted and properly 

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 He who plants a TREE, SHRUB, 

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Incorporated 

 NEW CANAAN, - - - - CONNECTICUT 



A Pergola from Left-overs 



A PERGOLA built entirely from left- 

 **■ overs is one of the most stately and at- 

 tractive of any in our neighborhood — a neigh- 

 borhood displaying many characteristic forms 

 of this popular Italian method of decorating 

 the home grounds. An unsightly pile of 

 rough stone, the remains of a mortar bed, a 

 bank of sand, and an immense pile of tree 

 branches resulting from the removal of three 

 big trees that stood on the site of the new 

 home, provided an abundance of material, 

 but offered very little promise of beauty or 

 stateliness for pergola building until the con- 

 structive ideas of the home builder were 

 centred upon the left-overs. 



The stone pile consisted of discarded 

 foundation stones and the rough, flat slabs of 

 held stone removed from the ground in dig- 

 ging the cellar of the new house. These thin 

 slabs were piled in rough but symmetrical 

 fashion to form square piers about two feet 

 thick, sunk about two and a half feet below 

 grade, and standing seven and a half feet 

 above the ground. Two or three bushels of 



275. A pergola can be easily made from the left- 

 over stones of the house builders for the piers and 

 cedar beam poles for the top. Plant light vines for the 

 top and put lilies along the sides between Ihe piers 



lime and an extra load of sand were neces- 

 sary for adding to the old mortar bed. This 

 being the only material required in addition 

 to the left-overs (and two days' work from a 

 stone mason the only extra expense), the in- 

 genious owner, who devoted much of his 

 spare time to its construction out of business 

 hours, found occasion for special pride in its 

 small cost as well as in its attractiveness. 



The piers stand in pairs, eight feet apart 

 across the path, with ten feet from pier to 

 pier along the path, thus making the pergola 

 of six pairs of piers extend fifty feet in length. 

 In the building of the piers a plentiful supply 

 of mortar was used in the foundations and in 

 the centres of the piers above ground, but 

 the stone slabs were carefully selected for the 

 outer surfaces, and arranged in such manner 

 that they are kept securely in place without 

 visible mortar. This contributes to the 

 rough effect that is the most striking and de- 

 sirable characteristic. 



The left-over tree branches provided a 

 most appropriate finish for "tying" the piers 

 across the top. The straightest branches of 

 sufficient length were selected and trimmed 

 to uniform length without removing the bark. 

 Two of these were laid lengthwise between 



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COLLECTION No. 1. Price 50c. (Postage 20 cts. extra.) 



FOR POTS AND WINTER FLOWERING 



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CARNATION 

 SUPPORT 



made of galvanized wire, to take the place of the old- 

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 It means not only economy to private or market 

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