SEATS AND RESTING-PLACES. 



691 



Fig. 974 is also of wrought-iron, and 

 adapted to be fixed under the shade of a 



Fig. 974. 



into a garden of the highest pretensions 

 to art. This elaborate chair was made 

 by Mr G. Collinson of Doncaster, and, 

 independent of its merits otherwise, has a 

 little history connected with it. Two oak 

 trees of very large dimensions were lately 

 found under the bed of Dun river, and 

 are believed to have been thus buried for 

 upwards of 2000 years. From the frag- 

 ments, after about 200 cubic feet of timber 

 had been secured, Mr Collinson fabricated 

 this chair, the original of which is now 

 in possession of W. Chadwick, Esq. of 

 Arksey, near Doncaster. 



represents another exceed- 



Fig. 976 



Fig. 976. 



tree, as shown in our cut. It may be 

 divided into four compartments or not, 

 according to fancy. 



Although the material of the chair 

 shown in fig. 975 is sufficiently rustic, 



Fig. 975. 



Fig. 977. 



still there is something so truly artistic 

 about the design that we think it might 

 be admitted with all propriety of taste 



ingiy rich chair, of somewhat similar 

 design. 



The annexed figs. 977, 978, represent 

 a garden seat, 

 described some 

 time ago in 

 "The Garden- 

 ers' Journal." It 

 is both conve- 

 nient and port- 

 able — a very 

 desirable pro- 

 perty, as it 

 can be moved 

 into the shade 

 in hot weather, 

 and into the 

 warmer situa- 

 tions in cold weather. They are of vari- 



