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ash or elm into them. The other method is to make a tenon at the 



end of the one piece and a hole to receive it in the other. This latter 



method is not as strong and is usually harder to make. In both cases 



the parts should fit very tightly. When putting together finally, 



coat all joints with white lead thinned with boiled linseed oil. It is 



best to put a nail or screw in all important joints and wipe off the 



surface white lead which may remain. The 



seat is made of split wood beveled at ends 



to fit on the main stays. If the seat does 



not seem perfectly solid, a brace or two can 



be fitted in from below and the seat nailed 



to it. Many ingenious garden benches, 



screens, treUises and pergolas may be made 



in this way. Care must be taken that all 



such furniture or bridges are perfectly strong. 



Our recollection of rustic things is that they 



are frequently out of repair. All sharp twig 



stubs must be removed and care should be 



exercised to keep all nails from sight or from 



doing injury. 



Garden House 



The garden house offers possibilities for 

 the enjoyment of the mistress of the house as 

 well as furnishing an ideal playhouse for the 

 children. Every child likes a playhouse. He 

 thinks it is his own house. It is well to place 

 the garden house in the shade of a large tree 

 where it will be cool afternoons. It should be 

 built so that it can receive air from all sides. 



For the man who is handy with tools there is ample scope through 

 the Fall and Winter for the exercise of his talent in the fabrication of 

 all manner of garden furniture. If one possesses a comfortable cellar, 

 that will be found a good workroom in the short days, the material 

 having been accumulated prior to Winter weather. 



Sun-Dial 



An interesting object among the furnishings of a formal garden is 

 a sun-dial mounted on a decorative pedestal. This is an instrument 

 that measures time by means of the shadow of a gnomon or style 

 thrown on a metal dial plate upon which the hour lines are traced. 

 Writing of the sun-dial, Charles Lamb remarks: "It was the primitive 

 clock — the horologe of the first world — and stood as the garden god 

 of Christian gardens." 



A "step-ladder" column 

 supporting a dove cote 

 bearing a climbing 

 plant 



and 



