PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



strung tight from a big tree on the bank of the lake 

 to the building in its centre ; and the ferryman who 

 is usually the host or hostess taking out the guests, 

 stands in the centre of the shallow ferry boat, which 

 is pulled back and forth by means of the rope, while 

 the guests are seated. The little tea rooms built 

 on smaller lakes, and necessarily near the shore, have 

 arched bridges and rustic walks leading to them. 

 The foundations of concrete or stoned-work are of 

 limited dimensions, usually sufficient to support only 

 the little building and the bridge abutments. 



Another plan for providing access to the lake 

 building is to throw out a rock walk or to extend a 

 walk of bowlders joining a big rock on shore. This 

 is suitable only for the garden lake with a rocky 

 bank on one side. For the summer-house built out 

 in the centre of the pond, with grassy borders, the 

 rustic bridge or pile-supported walk gives greater 

 harmony between the lake house and its surround- 

 ings. When the bowlder walk is arranged on a 

 rocky shore, the building should be built close to 

 the shore ; with the effect of being constructed on a 

 natural rock foundation, even though it may be sup- 

 ported by piles, or concrete, where it extends into 

 the water. Thatch roofing is always attractive for 

 these lake houses, when the surroundings are rustic. 

 Roofing, railing, and foundation trimmings of 

 slender cedar limbs produce the effect of bamboo, 



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