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THB GRBBNING PICTORIAL SYSTEM 



Plate 72. A Rustic Arbor 



F LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



A GOOD GRAPE-ARBOR 



This is a mixture of good and bad gardening. The arbor 

 is in good taste and its covering of wild grapes is a nice feature. 

 The tree on the left is a Hard Maple and the one on the right 

 near the arbor is a Silver Maple. The grove in the back- 

 ground consists of Beech and Maple. 



The objectionable part is the way the walks are bordered 

 with brick, which is a very far-fetched and unnatural finish for 

 a garden of this sort. It is all right to border the walks of a 

 Dutch garden in some such way as this, for in that case the 

 sharp demarcation between the walks and flower-beds can be 

 outlined only with a curb of some kind; but in a natural garden 

 it is different, as the lawn sufficiently defines the walks. 



A RUSTIC ARBOR 



An arbor made of natural wood over a flower-bordered walk. 

 The vines on the arbor are Matrimony Vine, Trumpet Vine and 

 the Dorothy Perkins Climbing Rose. The border consists of 

 Creeping Phlox, Achillea, Hardy Candytuft and Sweet William. 



This rustic arbor appeals to most people, as the tone is 

 natural; and I know a man who has what may be called the 

 " artistic grouch," who goes into raptures over such a scene. 

 When he talks about it a sort of ecstatic glow overspreads his 

 features and, on one occasion, he made me feel his shoulder- 

 blades to convince me that he was sprouting wings. 



Such an arbor is at its best when covered with wild grape- 

 vines, their delicious odor of bloom and fruit adding a great 

 deal to the enjoyment of the scene. Structures of this class are 

 very appropriate on country estates or near the summer home of 

 a city man. They fit in almost anywhere — in a cozy retreat, 

 over the well-head or, if you will, over the garden gate where 

 poetry is spoken without words. 



