The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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RUSTIC SEATS FOR THE LAWN. 



HE garden and lawn are incompletely furnished if they are not 

 supplied with some kind of seats whereon one may recline at 

 ease. Fortunately, these seats need not be costly; it would, 

 indeed, show bad taste to have them so. Something easy, grace- 

 ful, fantastic, rustic — something that the sunshine or the wind 

 will not harm, or have its beauty destroyed by the rain. The mate- 

 i" "^^ rials for such seats are nearly always at hand — at least on ever)' 

 farmer's premises. All that is required is a little skill and patience to construct 

 them. The branches of the red cedar tree and wild grape vine furnish the 

 best of material for this style of rustic seat. Our illustration. Fig. 776, shows a 

 very pretty chair made in this manner. A few pine boards 

 cut and nailed together, as represented in the engraving, 

 Fig- 777, will form a cheap and convenient rustic seat, which 

 will be admired for its very simplicity and quaintness. 



A favorite shade tree on the lawn may be surrounded 

 with seats so attached that one in sitting may lean against 

 the trunk. Our illustration, Fig. 778, will give a good idea 

 of how seats of this kind may be constructed. 



The position of such seats 

 is worthy of consideration. 

 As they are mainly intended 

 for use in warm weather, 

 they should be amply shaded. 



A position must be chosen that commands 

 a good prospect — if not a distant landscape, 

 then of the beauties of the lawn and the flower 

 garden. Some at least, should be screened 

 from observation by shrubbery — fragrant, if 

 possible, where 

 one may read 

 or work. It is 

 during the warmer months that the garden and 

 lawn offer their greatest attractions, and every- 

 thing that tends to make them more enjoyable I 

 should be provided. 



Fio. 776. 



Fig. 777. 



Javelle Water, used to remove tea and 



coffee, grass and fruit stains from linen, is made 

 thus : — Mix well in an earthen vessel one pound 

 of sal soda, 5 cents worth of chloride of lime 

 and two quarts of soft water. 



Fig. 778. 



