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GARDEN GUIDE 



A simple garden house 



end of the one piece and 

 a hole to receive it in the 

 other. This latter method 

 is not as strong and is 

 usually heirder to make. 

 In both cases the parts 

 should fit very tightly. 

 When putting together 

 finally, coat aU joints 

 with white lead thinned 

 with boiled linseed oil. 

 It is best to put a nail 

 or screw in all important 

 joints and wipe off the 

 surface white lead which 

 may remain. The seat is 

 made of split wood bev- 

 eled at ends to fit on the main stays. If the seat does not seem perfectly 

 solid, a brace or two can be fitted in from below and the seat nailed to 

 it. Many ingenious garden benches, screens, 

 trellises and pergolas may be made in this way. 

 Care must be taken that all such furniture or 

 bridges are perfectly strong. Our recollec- 

 tion of rustic things is that they are 

 frequently out of repair. All sharp twig 

 stubs must be removed and care should be 

 exercised to keep all nails from sight or 

 from doing injury. 



The Garden House offers possibilities 

 for the enjoyment of the mistress of the house 

 as well as furnishing an ideal playhouse for 

 the children. Every child likes a playhouse. 

 He thinks it is his own house. It is well to 

 place the garden house in the shade of a 

 large tree where it will be cool afternoons. It 

 should be built so that it can be opened on 

 all sides. The sketch on this page shows 

 such a garden house of simple construction. 

 The posts are of white Pme and the wain- 

 scoting on sides is made of slender twigs 

 tacked upon the rough board sides. 



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A "step-ladder" column 



supporting a dove cote 



and bearing a climbing 



plant 



