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THB GRBBNING PICTORIAL SYSTEM OP LANDSCAPB GARDBNING 



A PERGOLA AND PERGOLA FENCE 



We have here an illustration of a pergola and pergola fence 

 overlooking; a garden. The vines on the pergola are the Clematis 

 Paniculata, and at the base of the fence is a bank of Deutzia 

 Gracilis. In the background we see the tops of arching Elms, 

 v/hich give grace and dignity to the picture and add variety to 

 the sky-line. 



Just beyond the pergola fence is a garden on a much lower 

 level, in the center of which is a tea-house in purely Japanese 

 style. The material is of bamboo. All around the tea-house is 

 some miniature manufactured scenery, like small hills, rivulets, 

 etc., many dwarfed trees being used. 



A FEATHERED LANDSCAPE GARDENER 



The Bower-Bird of New Guinea not only builds one of the 

 most wonderful nests known to naturalists, but it actually lays 

 out a garden. It picks the blossoms of orchids and arranges 

 them in alternate rows of rnauve and white. Along these rows 

 of flowers it joyfully dances to its mate — a sort of Virginia 

 reel, I imagine. The illustration shows one of these bird 

 gardens with its feathered occupants. 



This bird is one of the most remarkable creatures known 

 to natural history. Its nest is really a cabin built of sticks, 

 and surrounded by a perfectly-kept garden composed of twigs 

 and moss, studded with brilliantly-colored flowers, fruits and 

 insects. As the curious ornaments become faded they are 

 constantly replaced by fresh ones, so that scientists are inclined 

 to credit the bird with the possession of the artistic sense. In 

 these decorated playgrounds the males meet and pay their court 

 to the female, the bower being used purely for purposes of 

 recreation and not as a nesting place. These birds are chiefly 

 found in the Owen Stanley range, of British New Guinea. 



See reference to this bird on page 90. 



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