Roses for English gardens . inthe illustration, where it makes a pleasant break in anawkward corner where there is a mixture of wall andflower border and a turn of the path. The pergola proper should be always on a leveland should never curl or twist. If a change oflevel occurs in its length in the place where it isproposed to have it, it is much better to excavate andput in a bit of dry wall right and left and steps at theend, either free of the last arch or with the last twopairs of piers carried up square to a higher level, so asto give as much head-room at the top step as there isin the ma
Roses for English gardens . inthe illustration, where it makes a pleasant break in anawkward corner where there is a mixture of wall andflower border and a turn of the path. The pergola proper should be always on a leveland should never curl or twist. If a change oflevel occurs in its length in the place where it isproposed to have it, it is much better to excavate andput in a bit of dry wall right and left and steps at theend, either free of the last arch or with the last twopairs of piers carried up square to a higher level, so asto give as much head-room at the top step as there isin the main alley. There is a great advantage in having solid piers ofmasonry for such structures ; piers of fourteen-inchbrickwork are excellent, and in some districts evenmonoliths of stone can be obtained; but often theexpense of stone or brickwork cannot be undertakenand something slighter and less costly must be illustration of a Wistaria pergola is the moreinstructive because the structure shown is only a few • 4? ,. X -J o ^0 cq <.^.
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