19 APRIL 1946, Page 16

In My Garden In the course of bringing a pergola

to an end I regret especially two or three plants, which greatly pleased in their due season: a golden hop, a tamarisk and an ivy-leafed blackberry. There is no good reason why a pergola should not carry a proportion of fruit-bearing bramble,. of which there are now many sorts. As to the poles of the pergola, a device that has proved successful in our garden is to concrete the base of the pole within the protection of a buried drainpipe.

W. BEACH THOMAS.