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outer sides of the outside battens in ibis bridge, as well as the wliolc of the band-rail, 

 should bo covered with Polytrichium commune, twisted in form of roi)('s, and neatly 



wound round the rcsjtoctive parts, and 

 nailed on the face of the battens. The 

 top and principal rails of the hand-rail 

 should have ropes of greater thickness 

 than the diagonal or smaller parts. The 

 supports underneath may be left with 

 their natural bark attached to them. 



"\Vo have previously observed that very 



pretty garden seats are made in iron, 



Fig. 6. mostly of cast-iron. "We continue our 



extracts from the Book of the Garden, giving two wrought-iron seats, one of which 



answers the double purpose of a seat and a protection to the tree ; also a wire tree- 



jirotector, an article much needed for street trees, or 

 where the lawn is grazed : 



" Metallic chairs are certainly, if we except marble 

 or granite, the most durable ; and the only objection 

 urged ao-ainst them is oxidation, Avhich is apt to spoil 

 ladies' dresses. This, however, can easily be got rid of, 

 by painting them annually with anti-corrosion paint. 



" Fig. 6 is a wrought-iron 

 chair, greatly admired foi- its 

 elegant appearance and the 

 comfort and ease of its seat. It 

 is less liable to be broken ; and 

 being lighter than cast-iron |^ 

 chairs of the same size, it is 

 much more easily moved from 

 place to place. Fig. 7 is also of wrought-iron, and adapted to 

 be fixed under the shade of a tree, as shown in our cut. It 

 may be divided into four compartments or not, according to 

 fancy. 



"Tree-protectors are used where rabbits or hares abound, 

 and also for protecting single trees from injury by cattle, and 

 are of various forms, and of ditferent material. Those made 

 of small iron rods, or strong wire, are not only the neatest, but 

 the most durable, and by a simple contrivance may be joined 

 by hooks and eyes ; so tliat they may be removed from one 

 tree to another without being taken to pieces. Fig. 8 represents one form of these." 

 "We shall give another chapter or two from this work next month. "We do this 

 because it contains much valuable information; and as the work itself is very costly, 

 but few co}>ies will probably reach this country 



