GARDEN FEATURES 



together neatly, and only a neat job will be 

 satisfactory. 



Let me advise the reader who concludes to try 

 his hand at the construction of rustic work to 

 confine his selection of design to something not 

 very elaborate. Leave that for wealthy people 

 who can afford to have whatever their taste in- 

 clines them to, without regard to cost, and who 

 give the work over to the skilled workman. I 

 am considering matters from the standpoint of 

 the home-maker, who believes we get more real 

 pleasure out of what we make with our own 

 hands than from that which we hire some one 

 to make for us. 



In one of the illustrations accompanying this 

 chapter is shown a combination summer-house 

 and arbor that is very easily made, and that will 

 cost but little. The picture gives so clear an idea 

 of framework and general detail that a descrip- 

 tion does not seem necessary. As a considerable 

 weight will have to be supported by the roof, 

 when vines have been trained over it, it will be 

 necessary to use stout poles for uprights, and to 

 run substantial braces from them to the cross- 

 poles overhead. The built-in seats on each side 

 add greatly to the comfort of the structure, and 

 invite us to " little halts by the wayside," in which 



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