THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



which it turns so that one may get any ex- 

 posure desired. The sills and floor beams 

 are independent of the ground. They clear 

 it a few inches and hang from the central 

 pivot post that runs from floor to roof and 

 is the main-stay of the whole structure. 

 It has one disadvantage no vines can be 

 trained upon it unless grown in boxes 

 attached to the sides. 



The " summer-house with a thatched 

 roof of pine needles " is in a position where 

 it overlooks a garden on one side and a 

 meadow on the other. With the exception 

 of the seats that are constructed around 

 the interior it is made of posts and poles 

 of red cedar that were obtained of a farmer 

 who was cleaning up some pasture land. 

 In plan it is an elongated decagon, eigh- 

 teen feet by ten feet, the shorter measure- 

 ment being the distance between the two 

 pine trees. If the picture is observed closely 

 it will be noticed that the upright posts (of 

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