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Fig. 40. — Seat in a Brick Recess. 



and invite us to view the garden and to feel the 

 sweetness of the air ; the garden house persuades 

 us to go further, and to walk at least as far as its 

 shelter. Without either, the hospitality of the garden 

 is impaired at those times when its influence might 

 be most refreshing although the weather conditions 

 may be uninviting. Moreover, in the more distant 

 enclosures the garden house is the representative as 

 it were of the main building, and is a sign of our 

 occupation. Nothing furnishes a garden more 

 completely than a well-designed summer house ; 



