in 
PASADENA 
PLEASANT 
PATHS 
and 
PERGOLAS 
A FLOWER-TWINED TEMPLE OF PAN 
In a wide sweep this single colonnade defines the southern 
bounderies of an extremelv formal garden and with its low 
balustrr.de provides at the same time a most delightful set- 
ting foi he statue of the piping Pan which occupies the 
commanding spot therein Though not a pergola in the 
exact sense of the word, such a structure as this is quite 
as happy an enhancement of the garden, when well placed. 
Here it has a positive raison d’etre, is not blatant nor self- 
conscious, and is well planted. Known to our Colonial 
ancestors under the name of “arbor” or “green gallery/ 
structures similar in purpose if not in appearance were a 
feature of practically all gardens making any claim to dis- 
tinction whatsoever— and of many which did not. And to 
all gardens to-day the green gallery is possible if a pergola or 
colonnade i« too ambitious to be considered 
A COLONNADED DRIVEWAY 
Marking the approach to a stately house, 
the utmost refinement of line here dis- 
tinguishes a feature which, in itself, is of 
most robust conception. The grade and 
curve of the roadway are also carefully 
studied, the result being that impression 
of gracious hospitality and invitation 
which the home should convey to the 
approaching guest 
Photographs and descriptions by 
ESTHER MATSON 
PALE SHADOWY IRIS OF 
LILAC HUE 
Stretching away between 
clipped hedges a long path 
like this at the right holds, in 
its shade and colors of shade, 
the pensive charm which re- 
calls what Eden Philpotts has 
said — “The Iris is to the gar- 
den w r hat Chopin is to music.” 
Le Notre, the great French 
master of the art of garden 
making, used paihs especially 
to emphasize effects of dis- 
tance; and though he dealt 
chiefly with large gardens in 
the "grand manner” the prin- 
ciples he developed are as 
useful in the small garden in 
the "humble manner” 
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