PERGOLAS FOR SHELTER, WORK AND PLAY


  Sometimes (where the pergola is built on
the lawn) the floor is simply of grass; but
more often it is of gravel, flag-stones, brick,
tile or cement or even a combination of two
or more of these materials, laid with a deco-
rative border or all-over design. Usually
the vines are planted at the base of the
columns and are trained tip until they drape
and festoon themselves from beam to beam
overhead.   In some cases, however, the
pillars are supplemented by trellises con-
sisting of narrow strips of wood nailed
horizontally to three upright strips about a
foot apart and painted the same color as
the main construction.
  Occasionally the pergola is built with a
projection at the end or in the center in the
form of a summer-house, enclosed with
latticework extending between the pillars
and covered with vines. In fact, various
other forms of garden architecture may be
combined with the pergola construction, and
if the design is wisely and sympathetically
handled, with due regard to balance, pro-
portion and line, the result may be both
practical and artistic.
  The materials used for the pergola col-
umns will vary according to the nature of


A GARDEN ARCH THAT SUGGESTS THE PERGOLA STRUC-  the design and that of the
house itself.
TURE, AND WHICH, WHEN FLANKED BY SHRUBS AND  One authority, F. W. Hold, says:
"Many
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TRANCE.
The somewhat formal lines, however, are
softened and broken by the vines that cling
with that air of subtle graciousness and af-
fection which trailing foliage and tendrils
always seem to show.
  Generally speaking, there are two kinds
of pergolas-those which are attached to
the house and those which stand alone in
the garden. The latter style requires es-
pecially careful handling, for unless it is
closely connected with the surrounding gar-
den by the judicious planting of vines and
flowers, trees, shrubs or hedges, it is apt to
look somewhat isolated and purposeless.
  The position, shape and size of a pergola
are among the first things to be determined,
and they will depend largely upon the size
and exposure of the house, the amount of
space available and the sum that can be
expended. A pergola is particularly useful
and appropriate when built from one of the
entrance doors into the garden, from the
garden gate to the front door of the house,
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shade is desired. The nearer to the house,   A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL PERGOLA GATEWAY
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                                             SERVES 130TH AS A SUPPORT FOR
VINES AND A PLACE
the oftener the pergola will be used.        OF SHADE FOR THE GARDEN VISITOR.