House & Garden 
t f : 
THE PERGOLA 
FROM THE UPPER TERRACE 
how immeasurably better it is than the dis¬ 
credited mode. The formal design, the 
straight, well-proportioned walks, the low, 
bounding walls ot brick and stone, the firm 
clear verticals of the columns, the dark mir¬ 
ror ot the pool, all these things curb the riot¬ 
ousness ot nature, turn it into wholesome 
channels, and withal, make it of the more 
avail. It is a lesson in law and order, and the 
moral ot the tale is the pertect beauty that 
results from firm and noble restraint. 
A garden mav be most beautiful or most 
ugly : the poor flowers are not to blame if 
they minister only to the latter result, they 
are like the headlong mob that melts at a 
word into anarchy. Left alone they are 
harmless as units, and even beautiful ; 
brought together they bring chaos again un¬ 
less they are held firmly in check by the 
kindly hands of their betters. And here gar¬ 
dener and governor are at one, they may build 
up a masterpiece of nobility and beauty— 
or they may let loose riot and revolution. 
Ralph Adams Cram. 
