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PICTURESQUE STYLE OF FLOWER-GARDENS. 



so covered should be lined with boarding, 

 and the device drawn upon it with chalk 



Fig. 990. 



or black coal. The seat is supported 

 upon rustic legs in front, and to the 

 timbers of the structure behind; it is 

 then covered with planking, and that 

 with small rods similar to the back and 

 sides. The front of the roof is supported 

 upon columns of larch, oak, or any other 

 kind of wood, having the bark on; the 

 arches at top are easily constructed by 

 using two pieces of curved wood ; creep- 

 ing plants are planted at their base, and 

 trained over them and round the circular 

 heads of the doorways. The spaces over 

 the doorways may be either filled in with 

 rods placed closely together, or in open 

 lattice-work, according to taste. 



Fig. 991 is constructed much in the 

 same manner, only the supports in front 

 Fig. 991. 



are set upon a stone plinth to insure their 

 durability. The seat and covering of the 

 back and sides are covered with rods, 

 laid in what is called the herring-bone 

 fashion, as seen in the sketch. The roof 

 is in two parts, the top part being thatched 

 with reeds, and the lower part, after being- 

 boarded over, is covered with rods, so as 

 to give that portion the appearance of a 

 corrugated roof. The floors of both 

 should be pitched with different coloured 

 pebbles set in concrete or cement, and 

 disposed in a tessellated manner. 



Fig. 992 is still more in the rustic 

 style. One-half, which forms the front, 



Fig. 992. 



Fig, 993 ? 



is supported upon larch or oak posts, 

 without plinth or pediment. The roof is 

 simply thatched with heath or reeds, and 

 the whole exterior nearly covered with 

 creeping roses, clematis, &c. The whole 

 of the inside is covered with moss of the 

 commoner kinds. The floor may be clay 

 or dark-coloured concrete. 



Fig. 993 is supposed to be built round 

 a living tree, 

 or one whose 

 top has been 

 cut off on pur- 

 pose. The in- 

 terior struc- 

 ture of the 

 roof is secured 

 to the stem by 

 having curvi- 

 linear ribs ra- 

 diating from 

 it, and prop- 

 ping up the 

 rafters near 

 their middle, much in the way of an um- 



