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the ground, also performs duty as foundation. It is a matter of 

 but little consequence whether the building be round, square, or 

 octagonal, as the expression is more particularly conveyed by the 

 attached ornamental work, Avhich is composed of the naturally 

 bent branches of the cedar tree, judiciously appended to the house, 

 so as to present the appearance of brackets, supports and corni- 



ces. Lattice work presenting a very unique appearance may also 

 be effectively imitated. The roof of the rustic arbor should al- 

 ways be thatched, using " flag " or straw for the purpose. Vines 

 and creeping plants seem to be particularly happy when permit- 

 ted to embrace the rude columns of fair weather buildings ; 

 for this reason the edifice would be incomplete without a liberal 

 quantity of these aspiring beauties. 



The rustic seat may appropriately find an abiding place beneath 

 the outstretched branches of some patriarchal oak, or elm, whose 

 foliage has not undergone a thinning out by the lank gentlemen 



