254 GARDEN PLANNING 



upon the market by manufacturers of garden 

 accessories. 



No pergola should be painted. Hence the need 

 for avoiding a mode of construction which would 

 lead to rapid decay under weather influence. 



Arches — The arch is another device which 

 enables us to realize height in the garden pic- 

 ture. At the same time it has a sphere of 

 usefulness comparable to that of the pergola, 

 but on a smaller scale. Its proper place is 

 astride a path, and its avowed purpose is to 

 support climbing flower growth. Isolated 

 arches planted on turf or on a flower bed are 

 illustrations of the right thing in the wrong 

 place. Their principal function may be as 

 well performed by a stout stake. The arch 

 is best positioned when it marks the passage 

 from one department of the garden to another. 

 It may also serve a useful purpose as a partial 

 screen, to withold the eye from what is beyond. 

 It always looks best when it stands with both 

 feet in a border. The galvanized iron wire 

 arch should not be allowed to appear in a gar- 

 den having pretensions to the picturesque. It 

 is too flimsy for stability, and too artificial to 

 make a fitting associate for the flowers. 



