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the garden, excellent effect may be obtained by construct- 

 ing a small enclosure, half arbour, half balcony. A low 

 stone wall, about three feet high, might enclose three or 

 only two of the sides ; a few rough slabs of stone would 

 form a suitable flooring, and overhead a light wooden 

 framework, supported either on stone pillars or stout 

 wooden uprights, would look well. A stone bench, 

 running close along the wall, would make a convenient 

 seat from which to enjoy the prospect, and the trellis 



might be covered 

 either with Rambler 

 roses, or purple and 

 white clematis. Some 

 such arrangement 

 would not cost much, 

 at any rate in a dis- 

 trict where rough 

 stone is plentiful, and 

 would be very suit- 

 able for the side of a 

 hill or other position, 

 where it is difficult to lay out a regular garden with turf and 

 flowering plants. Modern gardeners no longer go to the 

 expense of putting up the small stone temples, which were 

 at one time considered a fitting adornment for knolls and 

 mounds : in some few cases they looked fairly appropriate, 

 but were more often too severe to harmonise with any 

 but the most formal attempts at garden design. Stone 

 seats can never be really comfortable, but the same may 

 be said of almost any style of permanent resting-place ; 

 the idea of such structures is to add interest and point to 

 the garden scene, and to afford merely a convenient spot 

 at which to halt for a few minutes. For lounging in the 

 garden for any length of time, the majority will prefer 

 chairs ; though some of the latter, when supplied with 

 striped awnings and Japanese umbrellas, cannot be said to 



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