. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L V a b I H 0 u from a row of columns to piers which are extensions of the wall, and which leave pleasing window-like openings in the upper part of 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 room left in which to plant a friendly vine the arbor would be without half its charm. Another good combination of wall and pergola is the pergola gate in the rose garden on the Walton estate at St. Davids. Ma- terials, as well as good design, are responsible
. The livable house, its garden . Gardens; Landscape gardening. T h L V a b I H 0 u from a row of columns to piers which are extensions of the wall, and which leave pleasing window-like openings in the upper part of 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 room left in which to plant a friendly vine the arbor would be without half its charm. Another good combination of wall and pergola is the pergola gate in the rose garden on the Walton estate at St. Davids. Ma- terials, as well as good design, are responsible for much of its interest; the round columns of stone roughly plastered have a pleasant, careless charm which is increased by the use of broken flag walks. Of all the means whereby walls may be made interesting, prob- ably the most etfective is the wall fountain. There is some- thing very enticing about the smallest drip of water with green shiny leaves around it, and the simplest device in the way of a dolphin's head that spurts its little stream into a shell, catches and holds our interest above anv other fea- ture in the garden. A plain wall fountain com- bined with a pool is that on the Rogers' place at Tuxedo. The. A FAUN J. C. Kraus, Slonei-L'orkcr [144]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dean, Ruth, 1889-1932. New York : Moffat, Yard and Co.
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