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formed of hazel, and the seats cushioned with Pohj- 

 trichiiwi commune. The sofa is also cuishoned with 

 the same, the back being open wickerwork. The 

 table is circular, set on a clawed stand, and covered 

 with a matting of Polytrichiam. 



"The side walls are covered with moss. In the 

 center of the back wall is a representation of a ducal 

 coronet, done in fir cones. The roof is of Sphapitan 

 palustre, a white moss ; and in the center is a star)', 

 three-fourths of the natural size, (the crest of the 

 Scotts of Buccleuch,) done in a very ingenious man- 

 ner with small rods of young larch. A cornice runs 

 round the interior, formed of spruce cones, (fig. 12, «,) with those of Plnm sijlves- 

 tris, or Scottish fir, (c c,) and of both 



alternately, as at d, and square knobs of --^ 



oak, divided into four sections, as at b. 4' ' C 



'• Summer-houses ai"e and may be con- 

 structed in a great variety of forms, and 

 of different inaterials. Very neat resting- 

 houses may be formed of 4-inch quarter- 

 ing, set upon a base of brick or stone, so 

 as to raise the timbers one foot from the 

 ground. These may be lined on one or 

 both sides with boarding, and that cov- 

 ei'ed with imitation basketwork, or designs 

 formed of larch, oak, hazel, or any other 

 wood, selecting the smooth branches ; or, 

 if desired, it may be covered with cones of various species of pines, so arranged as to 

 produce a very pleasing effect. The rough bark of trees — oak, for example — may 

 be used to cover the whole, or the sides may be divided into panels, with pieces of 

 branches or cones, and the panels filled in with smooth or rough bark, according to 

 fancy. Similar houses may also be constructed, by covering the quartering with lath, 

 and plastering with good sound hair plaster, the surface of which, while wet, may be 

 dashed with clean gravel, pebbles, small shells, scoriae, spars, &c., sifted so as to be 

 of a uniform size. Shells of various kinds are often used for such purposes, and are 

 stuck in while the plaster is soft, and very pretty devices are often formed by them. 

 As this work requires to be done expeditiously, it is necessary to have the shells 

 sorted and close at hand ; and to render the pattern or design as perfect as possible, 

 it should be traced on the plaster first; and this process will be much facilitated, 

 if the pattern is cut out in sheet-iron, thin boarding, &c., which being laid on the 

 plaster, the lines can be traced with great accuracy and despatch. 



" Ag^^Ti, great variety of design may be given to the plastered walls. ' Lines may 

 be drawn by the trowel, straight, wavy, angular, intersecting, or irregular. Stripes, 



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