158 LANDSCAPE GARDEfJING. 



Many of the English country places abound with 

 admirable specimens of rustic work in their parks and 

 pleasure-grounds. White Knight's, in particular, a resi- 

 dence of the Duke of Marlborough, has a number of 

 beautiful structures of this kind. Figure 86 is a view of a 



[Fig. 96. Rustic Covered Seat.] 



round seat with thatched roof, in that demesne. Three or 

 four rustic pillars support the architrave, and the whole of 

 the exterior and interior (being first formed of frame- 

 work) is covered with straight branches of the maple and 

 larch. The seat on the interior looks upon a fine prospect ; 

 and the seat on the back of the exterior fronts the park. 



There is no limit to the variety of forms and patterns in 

 which these rustic seats, arbors, summer-houses, etc., can 

 be constructed by an artist of some fancy and ingenuity. 

 After the frame-work of the structure is formed of posts 

 and rough boards, if small straight rods about an inch in 

 diameter, of hazel, white birch, maple, etc., are selected in 

 sufficient quantity, they may be nailed on in squares, 

 diamonds, medallions, or other patterns, and have the effect 

 of a mosaic of wood. 



Among the curious results of this fancy for rustic work, 

 we may mention the moss-house — erected in several places 



