The livable house, its garden . ath which leads one through a gate isever so much pleasanter a wav to take than one which has no suchinviting barrier, and a vista which is terminated is more delight-ful than one which dwindles off with no object of interest to holdthe eye at its end. Even the flowers for which a garden chieflyexists take on a charm and elusiveness they do not possess of them-selves, when they are glimpsed through the posts of the plainestgrape arbor or seen through the frame of an arch. It is a certainpictorial quality w^hich good architecture contributes to the gar-den and wh
The livable house, its garden . ath which leads one through a gate isever so much pleasanter a wav to take than one which has no suchinviting barrier, and a vista which is terminated is more delight-ful than one which dwindles off with no object of interest to holdthe eye at its end. Even the flowers for which a garden chieflyexists take on a charm and elusiveness they do not possess of them-selves, when they are glimpsed through the posts of the plainestgrape arbor or seen through the frame of an arch. It is a certainpictorial quality w^hich good architecture contributes to the gar-den and which flow^ers and shrubs alone lack, as well as an inter-esting human note introduced by it, that make it an importantconsideration in planning a garden. Such intangible benefits are not easily explained to the man orwoman who has no interest in architecture itself, but the manyphotographs in this chapter w^ill express in more concrete form, Ihope, the value of good architectural detail in the garden. [133] T h L V a b I H o u s. H OJ ^^ c/:j • -H W o ^ W rt H ^ ^^ W ^ :i: ^ >- H J^ cc ^. 2 ^^^ Xp^ *^ c/T O C 1-^ -5 r- OJ c j:: -C o -!-< t^ c ^ ^ c^ -a <Z h-1 c Cii fc io toJO . ^ •^ 1 < o =-5 ^ ^ F—i s <t a o [134] Its Garden The photographs of two gates at Forest Hills illustrate howpleasing an ordinary dooryard walk may be made, by some formof gateway to mark its departure from the road, and the gatesthemselves are harmonious details in the general scheme ofEnglish cottage architecture. The very original gateway to the Pomeroy place opens into alane of lilacs that has almost the effect of pleaching. With anentrance made as attractive as this for introduction, the newcomeris prepared to be pleased with the entire place. Both sides of Mrs. Hills garden doorway at Easthampton areequally charming.^ The whole wall, in fact, has a delightfullyspontaneous quality in its design—an unstudied simplicity whichprofessional work is apt to lose to technique. The use o
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