MIRA B. GULIN 
Two quite divergent types of entrance 
at Santa Monica (Cal.)- Emphasis and 
dignity are lent the lattice gate at left 
by tall flanking Arborvitae; at right an 
» NE happy result of an enclosed gar- interesting combination of brick and 
den is that it must have an entrance; 
and an a tractive garden entrance is 
always most alluring. At Santa 
Monica, California, the custom of the enclosed garden prevails, partly due 
to the fact that many of the early residents were English and partly due to 
the need of a shelter from the trade-winds which blow from the sea. As a 
rule the enclosure—trimmed hedge, ivy-covered fence, or whatever it may 
be—is low in front, often rising in gradations, until meeting lattice, per- / 
gola, or shrubbery at the sides of the house, it extends back, forming a J| 
completely inclosed back garden often almost tropical in its luxuriance, m 
I T IS possible, in a measure, to note the evolution of these local garden 
entrances: in the oldest gardens where the Washington Palms (Washing- ■ 
tonia filifera) tower the highest, the enclosures are usually low, ivy-covered ■ 
fences with wooden posts and wicket gates; next Monterey Cypress was y 
used, sometimes with the Ivy, _ 
and now the two grow and are 
trimmed together, the Ivy send- N****^. 
ing out tendrils which twine d&T ' 
about the posts. One old Cv- ^ 
press hedge has been allowed to ' A 
grow very high and in the centre / 
is a section the top of which has ' 
been left entirely untrimmed: / 
through it an archway is cut and 
in the depths of this Cypress arch 
is a low, green gate. 
In the newer gardens, Privet is ' ' 
used rather more than Cypress 
for the hedges, and one formally 
trimmed hedge of Privet has a 
green lattice-gate with an oval ''imm 
top and block iron latch; down in 
the side garden one has a glimpse 
of an arbor of the same green 
lattice. A white, vine-covered 
Colonial house has a formal ^--—- 
hedge with a white gate, an i 
artistic variation of the wicket; at the side of the house is a corresponding J 
white gate above which two Cypress trees have been trained to form a fi 
perfect arch. Another garden has a trimmed Privet hedge with an en- IS 
trance flanked by two perfectly matched Italian Cypress trees; again, on y 
either side of an entrance are tall, graceful Palms (Cocos plumosa); at 
the sides of another gateway are tall trees of Arborvitae. A hedge of 
Cherokee Roses has an arch of the Roses trained above its double iron 
gate of simple design. 
In the newer places, the entrances become more and more elaborate, 
A tireless guardian of the Cali¬ 
fornia gate is the towering 
Washington Palm (above); form¬ 
ally clipped Privet is often found, 
too, and makes a very sheltering 
hedge (left); while Cherokee 
Roses climb quickly, forming a 
pleasant airy arch to offset iron¬ 
work (belowf 
THE FRIENDLY GARDEN GATE 
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