For an inexpensive entrance this fence of rough, green stained boards, 
relieved by the white lattice and arch, is excellent 
Garden Entrances 
THE NEED FOR SOME ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE TO MARK THE WAY THROUGH 
THE GARDEN BOUNDARY, WITH SUGGESTIONS FROM SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES 
by Alice M. Kellogg 
Photographs by M. H. Northend and others 
Brick piers are more costly, but also more durable than wood work; 
the caps may be of stone or cement 
A LANDSCAPE architect, in making a plea for a more general 
enjoyment of our gardens, apart from the pleasure of 
gathering and caring for the flowers, gives many valuable sugges¬ 
tions for introducing various accessories for comfort and beauty — 
summer houses or shelters, decorative enclosures, such as gar¬ 
den walls or fences, appropriate furniture, sun-dials and foun¬ 
tains. Such features as these demand, in a way, a privacy 
that the average American garden lacks, but which, when 
secured, is one of the best means for reaching the desired result. 
The most enjoyable gar¬ 
den is one which is in some 
way related to the house but 
not necessarily shut away from 
it. A vista, or even a glimpse 
of flowers and shrubs carefully 
arranged, adds to the interior 
delight of a home during the 
summer months and when such 
a view is focused through an 
archway or gate its value is 
very much enhanced. 
“A garden through whose 
latticed gates 
The imprisoned pinks and 
tulips gazed. ” 
To complete the effect 
satisfactorily some objective 
point may be made with a sun¬ 
dial and its pedestal, a shel¬ 
tered seat or a picturesque 
summer house. 
The importance of the 
entranceway, by itself, is too little considered in the making of 
a garden. If it is not allied, by suggestion at least, to the archi¬ 
tecture of the house, and if it is not placed with regard to the 
fixed lines of pathways and fences, it stands as “an alien object 
in a foreign land.” 
The entrance to a garden need not be on an elaborate scale to 
meet the requirements of out-door art. Simplicity of line is a 
practical advantage, especially during the summer months when 
the support is clothed with verdure. A material of considerable 
durability is required to 
sustain the vines, and a frame¬ 
work substantial enough to 
appear well when cold weather 
withdraws its coverings. 
Rustic work suits various 
kinds of surroundings on a 
plain or a more expensive 
scale. It may be successfully 
employed near a country 
house of stone and shingles, 
a clapboarded suburban dwell¬ 
ing, a mountain camp built 
of slabs, or a seashore cabin 
of primitive architecture. The 
old practice of leaving gnarled 
and unnecessary bits of twigs 
on the unpeeled trunks as a 
so-called decoration is fortu¬ 
nately going out of vogue 
and better effects are attained 
with trimmed lengths of trees. 
With Colonial houses the 
garden entrance may repeat 
An entranceway of “Chelten,” near Jenkintown, Pa., Mr. Wilson Eyre, 
architect. The columns are roughcasted in maroon and 
buff, the roof of red tiles 
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