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on, as shown in the figure. Three curved 

 pieces of wood may serve as a floor, and 

 similar pieces, fixed at about eighteen inches 

 from the others, will form the seats, with a 

 slight frame of rustic work for the back. 

 Pieces of hoop may be bent from the capitals 

 of the columns to form arches, and the 

 roof may be thatched. In fig. 22., a kind of 

 drapery of pine cones hangs from each arch, 

 and the tops of the trees project through the 

 roof, a large cone of the stone pine being placed 

 on the summit; but these decorations maybe 

 omitted if thought unnecessary, or they may be 

 varied according to the taste of the proprietor. 



TJie Uncovered Seats, in a garden or pleasure- 

 ground, are generally purchased ready made ; 

 but an agreeable variety may be occasionally 

 produced, by having the stump of an old tree 

 formed into a seat, and twining ivy and creeping 

 flowering shrubs round it. Where it is an object 

 to save trouble, a plant of the Virginian creeper 

 may be planted with one of the giant ivy ; and 

 if both are left to nature the effect will be very 

 good, as the brilliant deep red of the Virginian 

 creeper in autumn will be relieved by the dark 

 green of the ivy. A few moveable seats, one 

 large to wheel about from one part of the garden 

 to another, and others of the folding kind im- 

 ported from Norway, are very convenient. 

 Where there is a terrace, a seat mav be erected 

 at each end, of wood, but of a somewhat mas- 

 sive design, and painted white, being strewed, 

 while the paint is wet, with very fine sand, which 

 will make it a good imitation of stone. Seats 

 may also be decorated by nailing upon a wooden 



