Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . han excludingit. The framework of the arbor, as a generalthing, is considered secondary to the effect pro-duced by it when the vines we plant about it aredeveloped. But, unlike the Americanized per-gola, the arbor is almost always located in a re-tired or inconspicuous part of the home-grounds,and is seldom found connected with the get the benefit of the arbor, or the summer-house we evolve from it, we must go to it, whilethe pergola, as adapted by most of us, bringsthe attractive features of out-door life to thehous
Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . han excludingit. The framework of the arbor, as a generalthing, is considered secondary to the effect pro-duced by it when the vines we plant about it aredeveloped. But, unlike the Americanized per-gola, the arbor is almost always located in a re-tired or inconspicuous part of the home-grounds,and is seldom found connected with the get the benefit of the arbor, or the summer-house we evolve from it, we must go to it, whilethe pergola, as adapted by most of us, bringsthe attractive features of out-door life to thehouse, thus combining out- and in-door life moreintimately than heretofore. One of the illustra-tions accompanjang this chapter shows a verysimple pergola framework—one that can be builtcheaply, and by any man or boy who is at all handy with tools, and can be used as a planto work from by anyone who desires to attach amodification of the pergola proper to the dwell-ing, for the purpose of furnishing shade to por-tions of it not provided with verandas. It will 198. jGARDEN FEATURES require the exercise of but little imagination toenable one to see what a charming feature of thehome such a structure will be when vines havebeen trained over it. There are many homesthat would be wonderfully unproved by the addi-tion of something of this kind, with very littletrouble and expense. It is to be hoped that manya housewife can prevail on the men-folks tointerest themselves on pergola-building on asmall scale, as indicated in the illustration, forpractical as well as ornamental reasons. Any-thing that wUl take the occupants of the dwellingout of doors is to be encouraged. Especiallywould the women of the household enjoy a vine-shaded addition of this kind, during the intervalsof leisure that come during the day, and the headof the family would find it an ideal place inwhich to smoke his evening pipe. In several re-spects it can be made much more satisfactorythan a veranda. It can be made la
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