Lumber and milling ,....$ 6.02 



Rail for under support of two benches , .35 



Green stain, paint, oil and dryer 40 



Labor, making and painting 4.50 



$11.27 



Thus for less than twelve dollars we have benches 

 which are as solid as the trees themselves and far 

 more decorative than any to be had ready-made at 

 exorbitant prices. 



Our venture in seats having turned out so satisfac- 

 torily, we next planned arches and rose trellises. The 

 rounded arch, while beautiful, we decided against on 

 account of its expense. Perhaps I plagiarized a bit 

 from the Japanese; at any rate the design suggests 

 their simple methods. 



The photograph will give their form ; the wide lat- 

 tice is composed of common laths smoothed by the 

 plane. The legs or stilts extending below arches 

 should be eighteen inches long to give firm root in the 

 ground, and they must be coated liberally with coal 

 tar to prevent rotting. 



Of course in placing the arches it is necessary to 

 employ a carpenter's level to get them perfectly 

 plumb. 



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