House and Garden 
Simple, stately lines are desirable as following 
most closely the original Italian plan. Rough 
hewn beams set at regular intervals form the 
open roof of the average structure, or heavy 
rustic saplings; though occasional excep¬ 
tions are found in the long-gallery or look¬ 
out pergola commanding an extensive view, 
where the centre is formed into a circular 
dome or square tower, with shingle or tile 
roofing erected over a central platform of 
special width, while galleries leading to it, 
on either side, have the usual finish of smooth 
upright columns and open roof of heavy 
beams. Such pergolas are popular among 
the country seats of the Maine coast, es¬ 
pecially in the vicinity of Old Cape Cottage. 
In its original form the green gallery of 
the garden seldom had any other floor than 
the ground which it was built to shelter. Now 
it is not unusual to find the stately structures 
with massive columns of brick or stone, and 
richly tiled or hardwood floors. 
“Aldie,” the Mercer country seat at 
Doylestown, Pa., has a pergola of unusual 
interest because of its double form—the two 
galleries being set at right angles—its solid 
foundation wall and cement base, and its 
many curious ornamentations in relief upon 
the cement columns. 
In the famous Italian garden at Camp 
Hill, Pa., is found an exquisitely neat design 
A PERGOLA IN THE WILD 
A CROSSING OF THE PATHS 
of Italian type, half summer-house and half 
pergola, with massive, smooth, white columns, 
circular base and roof, and with seats, base- 
panels and ornamentation all finished in pure 
white. Just below, on the lull slope, is a 
most decided contrast. A long arbor dis¬ 
plays stone columns of the roughest possible 
construction; simply 
loose, uneven, many- 
colored fragments of 
rock, apparently 
thrown together; with¬ 
out visible cement or 
mortar and, of course, 
without a trace of 
pointing. It is appro¬ 
priately roofed with 
rough, knotted, bark- 
covered cedar sap¬ 
lings. 
O 
One of the most in¬ 
teresting forms of the 
modern loggia differs 
but little from the per¬ 
gola; with the excep¬ 
tion that it is cus¬ 
tomary not only to 
attach it to the dwell¬ 
ing house, but also 
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