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Garden Structures. 



tect's dictum. The rudest hands can fashion the rustic seat, and 

 display equally as much taste as those who have studied elegant 

 forms in books. The various methods and designs made use of in 

 forming garden structures are almost as numerous as the places 

 they occupy. The model which embellishes a portion of this arti- 

 cle, is an exceedingly simple design from the repertoire of Messrs. 

 "Watt &> Holly, of this city. Summer-houses of this description 

 being necessa- 

 rily built from 

 wood, are liable 

 to speedy de- 

 cay. It is 

 therefore advi- 

 sable that the 

 roof be of a 

 steep pitch, and 

 project several 

 feet beyond the 

 posts. This 

 will be ample 

 protection a- 

 gainst weather 

 and will pre- 

 serve the build- 

 ing for a much 

 longer period. 

 A simpler and 

 a more popular 

 mode of erect- 

 ing the Slimmer 

 house, is from 

 rustic work, 

 bits of some^ 



durable wood^O'/— '"^^Uv 



being used for the material, with the bark imdisturbed. Red 

 cedar is to be preferred for this purpose, as it is almost impregna- 

 ble to elemental influences, and is exceedingly tenacious of its 

 bark. The stem of the cedar is generally quite straight, and is 

 therefore admirably adapted for the post, which being inserted in 



