THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



which there are eight) are set in the ground 

 at an angle of about ten degrees off the 

 perpendicular. This idea was suggested by 

 the two trees that grow out of the ground 

 at that same angle, and they themselves 

 act as posts for support of the structure. 



The floor and roof were made by fitting 

 together as closely as possible the smallest 

 poles (three to four inches in diameter at 

 the butts). The rounded surfaces of these 

 were roughly flattened by the use of an 

 adze, and the roof was made water-tight 

 by covering them with tarred felt paper. 

 Over this was painted a thick coating of 

 coal tar, and while it was still soft brown 

 pine needles were stuck on to the depth of 

 about two inches, thus producing an at- 

 tractive thatch. The pine trees overhead 

 shed a yearly supply of pine needles that 

 drop onto the roof in quantities sufficient 

 to make up for those that disappear in the 

 process of weathering. 

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