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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 26:4. A Double 

 Dome. 



Often shade is needed at some special 

 point on the lawn, and the illustration given 

 of a summer house with a double-domed 

 roof and two circular seats offers sugges- 

 tions for that purpose. 



In the arrangement for this summer 

 house six posts are planted. Of course, the 

 size of these bowers must vary according 

 to individual needs, but they must not rise 

 too high above the ground. They will be 

 useless for shade if carried up more than 

 eight feet. 



Centre posts rise to a height of eleven 

 feet, and long hoops are carried diagonally 

 from corner to corner. These are firmly 

 nailed to the centre posts, on which they 

 cross. Straight pieces are carried around 

 horizontally from post to post; these are 

 supported by brackets. The hoops may 

 also be connected by light stuff. A seat is 

 constructed around each centre post, and 

 a light railing runs around the sides. 

 At the base the entrance is generally left 

 free of adornment of any sort. 



USEFUL VINES. 



Many vines which flower lovers would 

 like to use are worthless for the purpose of 



shade. The sweet pea would be a general 

 favorite if it grew to a sufficient height, but 

 it does not. The morning glory and the 

 wild cucumber are both desirable. The 

 former will grow to a height of twenty feet 

 in a season. The wild cucumber also has 

 a rapid growth, and its flowers when seen 

 in masses are very effective; it is to sum- 

 mer plants what the native clematis is to 

 our perennial vines. Some of the orna- 

 mental gourds are available for covering 

 summer houses, their large leaves overlap 

 and afford a dense shade, which is, of 

 course, indispensable in a summer house. 

 The variegated Japan hop will answer for 

 the purpose of shade ; it has a rapid growth 

 and an attractive foliage. 



A SHADED TURNSTILE. 



An illustration which needs little descrip- 

 tion is the one which an old sketching um- 

 brella frame is utilized for the canopy at the 

 top of the centre post, or constructed of a 

 large wooden hoop supported on a wire pro- 

 perly bent. A pot is set on or in the post 



Fig. 2615. A Shaded Turnstile. 



