GARDEN SEATS 



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FIG. 112. 



Fig. 1 1 2 shows a somewhat similar arbour or gallery ; 

 but here the treillage frame is more ornamental in design, 

 and although it is made of wood it is handsome enough 

 to be in a large garden. In this case it would only be 

 considered as a resting-place for a moment, when we sit 

 with friends for a short time to talk, on the way to 

 another part of the garden. 

 The seats are narrow, so as 

 not to take up too much 

 room in the pathway, and 

 more solid cross - pieces 

 should be between the up- 

 rights, so that there is com- 

 fort and support in leaning 

 back. These berceaux are 

 suited especially to small 

 gardens, where there is satis- 

 faction in knowing that no 



inch of ground is wasted, for fruit or ornamental 

 creepers can be grown over the framework, and other 

 crops are cultivated close up to these. 



In Italy they often had more stately ones, and in most 

 gardens we find stone-built buildings, in which are deep 

 alcoves, going back so far that (except in the middle of 

 the day, when no one would dream of interrupting the 

 " siesta " to sit out of doors) there is partial shadow on 

 one side, at all events. Usually tall cypresses are 

 near, projecting somewhat in advance of the sides 

 of the building, and these keep the sun from penetrating 

 within. To complete the picture a pink Judas-tree is 

 near. 



Sometimes in a small garden belonging to what is now 

 a farmhouse, but was probably a place of no small 

 importance three hundred or more years ago, a great 

 surprise awaits us. Either elaborately worked iron gates, 



