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Logs, carelessly thrown on the ground, may have 

 been the first seats used by our garden ances-. 

 tors. Later on with the development of the 

 one-path posy bed, seats were hollowed out of old 

 trees. They formed a picturesque bit, clothed dur- 

 ing the summer months in their garments of green, 

 for trailing vines were encouraged to run rampant 

 over their sides. These with the green arbor or 

 pergola and the vine-clad summer house were the 

 three styles of seats favored by the Colonial dames. 



Styles and usage of furniture in this special way 

 are as clearly defined as in interior decoration. 

 The modern garden equipped with English, Amer- 

 ican or Italian furniture, gives a pleasing variety. 

 The principal materials necessary for manufacture 

 are stone, marble, terra cotta or wood. Of these, 

 the latter suggests less expense, while the former 

 can be purchased at any sum you wish. 



Stone or marble are absolutely necessary in 

 formal or Italian gardens, as they provide a proper 

 medium for expression that nothing else would 

 satisfy. Look at the gleam of the white marble 

 shown up by its background of green trees and see 

 what a charm it has in the furnishing of your gar- 

 den plot. Take it all in all, it is the only right 



