Pergolas and Loggias 
to securely screen at least one side — not 
only for shelter, but also for the purpose 
of carrying out the effect of the original use, 
of forming a gallery or portico to be orna¬ 
mented with paintings. A favorite method of 
forming this blank wall, when the loggia 
extends along the side of the house, is the 
simple plan of tacking wire on a lath founda¬ 
tion wall, and giving the whole a heavy, sub¬ 
stantial coat of plaster. Posts built of rough 
stone or brick, and plaster cast, are appro¬ 
priate supports for a wall of this nature. 
Stately brick galleries, of loggia form, 
attached to a mansion or club house, have 
contrasting foundation walls of stone, plain 
roofing with deep cornices, and great arched 
windows set so close in the wall space that 
their divisions have the effect of brick 
columns. 
In well-preserved historic mansions broad 
porticoes or galleries, with brick floor and 
pillars, are frequently found running the 
entire length of the dwelling at the back; 
and connected with the spacious brick-paved 
hall, which runs through the house and leads 
to magnificent double staircases and arched 
doorways rich in carvings. At “Stenton,” 
in Germantown, the famous home of James 
Logan, secretary and confidential friend of 
William Penn, are found old-fashioned types 
of stately, brick-paved galleries and fine old 
wall trellises. This beautiful mansion has 
guided many a modern architect in his con¬ 
struction of quaint designs. The house was 
built about 1728, and it received additions 
in underground passages and concealed stair¬ 
cases during the troublous times of the Revo¬ 
lution; later, various offices were built sur¬ 
rounding the main building at sides and 
back, and connected with it by brick-paved 
courts and covered passageways that have 
suggested to builders picturesque forms of 
pergolas and loggias. 
A row of ornamental poplars, or trees of 
special summer coloring like the brilliant 
Japanese maples, form a good setting for 
the pergola. Any luxuriant vine may be 
trained up over its roof, hut the favorite is 
some vigorous variety of climbing rose. In 
the famous Yaddo garden at Saratoga, the tree 
background is a screen-like row of English 
poplars. This divides the rose garden from 
an old-fashioned rock garden, as well as 
further ornamenting the pergola. The vine 
decoration is a luxuriant growth of crimson 
rambler roses. 
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