ARCHES AND PERGOLAS. 



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to form a trellis for supporting vines, hops, gourds, tropieolums, Virginian creepers, 

 aristolochias, and other rapid-growing climbers. 



Arches properly furnished with climbers (see Fig. 59) are worthy of the trouble 

 bestowed upon them, but if fixed in wrong places, or the plants are neglected (see 

 Fig. GO), they become eyesores. They prove most effective over the gateways dividing 



Fig. Kl. Stati'aey ami Leafy Backghound. 



a kitchen from the pleasure grounds, or at the point of departure from a drive to the 

 lawn; in fact, at the entrance to any enclosure or at the commencement of walks. 

 Galvanised iron framework is principally used of sufhcient strength to resist, when 

 heavily clothed with greenery, boisterous winds. When strengthened with roughly 

 trimmed oak or larch posts, the arches are less formal in appearance, and the climbers 

 take more readily to wood than to iron. Eough or rustic arches can also be made, 



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