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or orderly paths. ISTot that but a seat may often be well placed as 

 an ornament in any spot where it may prove useful as a place of 

 rest aad gossip, and sometimes as an invitation to the enjoyment of 

 a view ; yet as a rule a rustic shade is the best position for a rustic 

 seat; it looks useful and appropriate there, and may be embellished 

 with a few rough stones, planted with ferns or other plants that 

 like shade, or a couple may be placed one on either side of the bole 

 of a large tree, and the spacas between them filled up with large 

 root stump.*, profusely planted with ivy, periwinkle, toadflax, 

 orchises, and ferns, and a truly rustic and beautiful retreat will be 

 formed without the introduction of a single element that would 

 interfere with the general tone of the landscape, as a summer-house 

 or grotto will frequently do. 



Another kind of arch is that formed of dead timber, the 

 materials being unbarked stems selected as to shape, or brought 

 together so as to form a symmetrical span by a little judicious car- 

 pentry. An arch of this kind is simple in construction, but pro- 

 duces an agreeable effect by means of a few accessories. The base 

 on each side of the walk should be flanked by a rough lattice of 

 > ilected tree loppings, and the walk lead to a lawn, iu the centre 

 of which should stand a root oruament, covered with a profusion of 

 trailing plants. This and the shrubberies beyond form a picture to 

 which the arch acts as framework, and the eye is gratified by a 

 judicious disposal of a few very simple elements. Contrivances of 

 this Hurt are particularly useful in small girdens, where broad 

 natural effects can scarcely be thought of. 



Tbellises are of many kinds, and have many uses. Before we 



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