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RUSTIC SUMMER-HOUSES. 



[chap. X. 



filled with yellow glass, which gives every object 

 the rich glow of summer. 



Rustic Summer-houses are sometimes made 

 by filling up the framework with hazel rods 

 nailed together, which have been varnished with 

 the bark on. Sometimes the rods are dyed of 

 various colours and ar- 

 ranged in a kind of pat- 

 tern, in the same way as 

 the moss is in the moss 

 houses ; and if done 

 with taste they produce 

 a good effect. The win- 

 dows in these houses 

 are generally of stained 

 glass. 



Open Summer-houses, 

 or Covered Seats, are 

 sometimes formed of 

 rustic work, in the 

 manner shown in Jig. 

 22. To form this seat, 

 three young larch trees 

 with the bark on are 

 fixed in the ground in 

 the manner shown in 

 the ground plan (a) ; 

 and there may, if 

 thought necessary, be 

 a fourth placed in the 

 centre. To give the 

 work a more finished 

 appearance, each tree 

 may have a plinth (b) 

 and capital (c) nailed FIG - 22 - RUSTIC SUMMER - HOUSE - 



