THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



At each post are planted vines and 

 climbers, and around the house is a two- 

 foot border planted with lilies and ferns. 

 This border is raised some six inches above 

 the natural level of the ground in order 

 that plenty of nourishment may be sup- 

 plied, and the plants kept cultivated with- 

 out disturbing any more than possible the 

 roots of the trees. 



Believing that many of the readers of 

 this book may have a garden wherein a 

 summer-house, built on some such simple 

 lines as this one, would be an addition, the 

 writer has given this description of the one 

 he built himself. 



Besides red cedar or locust one could use 

 white cedar or larch, also the second growth 

 of white oak and chestnut ; but these woods 

 all decay sooner than red cedar and locust. 

 Both cedars have a pleasing odor and the 

 bark clings well to the wood, provided it 

 is cut in the fall when the sap is not run- 

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