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must put up with these eyesores, but it will be a matter 

 for supreme congratulation in the interests of garden art 

 in this country, when these rustic excrescences become as 

 obsolete as the painted iron mushrooms, which were once 

 considered to form highly ornamental seats. 



Having regard to the need which exists for simple and 

 artistic designs in wood, it is satisfactory to see that a 

 very high standard has been set by the manufacturers or 

 goods emanating from the Pyghtle works at Bedford. 

 The majority of their seats are made either in deal, 



OLD-ENGLISH SEAT AND TABLE. 



painted green or white, or in dark oak, varnished. The 

 latter are, of course, the more durable and look very well, 

 but in some cases a painted seat is equally appropriate. 

 The extreme simplicity of such shapes as the " Peacock " 

 and " Biddenham " make them most desirable ; and for 

 those who like an appropriate quotation, there is a design 

 on which the familiar lines from Omar Khayyam, " A 

 Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse and Thou," is carved. 

 At the termination of walks, or on the grass plot sur- 

 rounding an old sundial, a semi-circular seat will look 

 well, and many of the designs may be carried out so as 

 to fit any sized recess. Others are constructed so as to 



