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on end, filled up with soil, and planted with ferns or flowers. It a 
few round holes are bored in the sides, just where the lowest soil 
and the drainage crocks or pebbles are, water will run out and so 
not rot the wood. If handles are desired to the vase they can be 
made of small curled pieces of branch nailed to the sides. When a 
log is entirely hollowed out there is no difficulty about drainage, as 
A SIMPLE FORM OF DOUBLE ARCH MADE FROM LOGS. 
if a few inches of stones are put in first undue moisture will trickle 
through into the earth beneath. These rustic urns, as shown on 
p. 18, make very pretty ornaments for the corners of lawns. 
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No shelter should be permitted to exist which is not also a pretty 
garden feature. A simple hot weather screen can be constructed 
altogether of close trelliswork, as shown on p. 19; it is admirable 
as affording privacy in overlooked gardens, for the poles are so near 
together, and the criss-cross wood is so wide in lath, that a fair 
screen is gained even before climbers have covered it. No roofing 
is shown in the sketch, for Rose branches stretched across give all 
the protection necessary, or a Hop will make a good ceiling by the 
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