The livable house, its garden . upper partof the wall. One of the unexpected sources of success in this per-gola is the planting space at the foot of the wall; with no roomleft in which to plant a friendly vine the arbor would be withouthalf its charm. Another good combination of wall and pergola is the pergolagate in the rose garden on the Walton estate at St. Davids. Ma-terials, as well as good design, are responsible for much of itsinterest; the round columns of stone roughly plastered have apleasant, careless charm which is increased by the use of brokenflag walks. Of all the means whereby
The livable house, its garden . upper partof the wall. One of the unexpected sources of success in this per-gola is the planting space at the foot of the wall; with no roomleft in which to plant a friendly vine the arbor would be withouthalf its charm. Another good combination of wall and pergola is the pergolagate in the rose garden on the Walton estate at St. Davids. Ma-terials, as well as good design, are responsible for much of itsinterest; the round columns of stone roughly plastered have apleasant, careless charm which is increased by the use of brokenflag walks. Of all the means whereby walls may be made interesting, prob-ably the most effective is thewall fountain. There is some-thing verv enticing about thesmallest drip of water withgreen shinv leaves around it,and the simplest device in theway of a dolphins head thatspurts its little stream into ashell, catches and holds ourinterest above any other fea-ture in the garden. A plain wall fountain com-bined with a pool is that on theRogers place at Tuxedo. The. A FAUNJ. C. Kraus, Stnupzvorkrr [144] / a d n
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