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competition with these instruments of ease and 

 idleness ; it is there for other reasons, and the con- 

 ditions of its existence being more rigorous, it must 

 be designed and fashioned on more permanent lines. 

 Moreover, as a fixed feature of the garden it must 

 have its architectural character ; its platform or 

 shelter must be specially prepared for it, and its 

 position must be chosen with due regard to the 

 design of the garden, and must have nothing of 

 haphazard in the way it is placed. 



In common with practically all things in the 

 garden scheme, position is the most important thing 

 to determine first. The seat must be put in the 

 right and desirable place for use, and this place must 

 be also made appropriate to the design. The 

 necessity for seats, therefore, should not be over- 

 looked when we begin to outline the general idea 

 of the garden, and success in this detail will depend 

 upon the appearance of purpose thus obtained. All 

 open terraces provide excellent situations for seats ; 

 they can be arranged in recesses in the walls, either 

 at regular intervals or grouped in a projecting 

 " bastion " or platform where such features exist. 

 These projections will be especially valuable where 



