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DWELLINGS, OUTBUILDINGS, 
Fig. 13. charming architectural combinations for 
gateways, but it will not do on a place 
which has not otherwise a highly architect¬ 
ural character, to “make it up ” on the gate¬ 
way. 
On places where solid constructive dec¬ 
orations cannot be afforded, we advise the 
use of topiary work, by which is meant the 
fanciful forms sometimes given, by cutting 
and trimming, to verdant arbors, thickets, trees, and hedges. 
There are many species of evergreens which 
may be planted on each side of the gateways 
of ordinary foot-walks so as to be made into 
charming arches over the entrance. With 
patience and annual care, these can be per¬ 
fected within about ten years, but they will 
also afford most pleasing labor from the 
beginning ; and the infantile graces of the 
trees, which are year by year to be devel¬ 
oped into verdant arches, will probably af¬ 
ford quite as much pleasure in their early 
growth as in their perfected forms. In the 
descriptions of the trees which are suitable 
for this kind of topiary work, the mode of managing them will 
be noted in detail. We here introduce the 
same cuts to give a hint of the effect in¬ 
tended, though, when well grown, such arches 
are far more beautiful than our engraving 
can even suggest. Fig. 13 shows a pair of 
hemlocks planted inside of a gateway, and 
grown to a height of 10 to 12 feet, and only 
trimmed on the inside. Fig. 14 shows the 
effect at the end of ten years—the tops of 
the two trees having been twisted together so 
as to grow as one tree over the centre of the 
arch, and all parts trimmed year by year to 
the form illustrated. Fig. 15 shows the effect 
