AN IVY COVKUKD lUIlAI- SKAT 



AN IVY COVERED RURAL SEAT. 



lANT or .Irish Ivy has frequently been rccoinmcnded in 

 this periodical for ornamental purpo.ses, a.s well as a beau- 

 tiful green plant which is perfectly adapted to warm rooms, 

 where it grows with great rapidity, soon covering a trel- 

 lisc to form a screen for a window. In the present cut is 

 represented its adaptation for a rural seat or bower. The 

 box is covered with bark, partly filled with chunks of 

 charcoal, leaf mould, and loam ; the more charcoal placed 

 r' r^^^'^i^rM^^ inside, the lighter will be the whole structure, which may 

 C 1^ "^^^^'iy ^ be placed on wheels, and taken to any part of the garden 

 required ; or under a large piazza or front portico, for a waiting seat. The supports 

 are composed, in our own instance, of basket willow interwoven by a basket maker, 





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