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PICTURESQUE STYLE OF FLOWER-GARDENS. 



casement windows, of which there are 

 four in the building, the other two being- 

 placed one in each end. In front of 

 these two windows are placed two rustic 

 seats with open backs, which protect the 

 glass, and, at the same time, do not 

 much exclude the light. The mullions and 

 frames of these windows are of oak, with 

 the bark carefully preserved. The other 

 parts are, as usual, of lead and iron, the 

 centre part of each opening for ventila- 

 tion. The door is in two parts, and 



simply covered with thick pieces of oak 

 bark on both sides. The door frame is 

 the same as that of the windows. The 

 three panels over the door and windows 

 are inlaid with pieces of oak, each cut 

 into four sections, as are also the margins 

 at the two ends. The roof of the colon- 

 nade all round is covered with different 

 coloured mosses within. 



Fig. 996 is the elevation of the two 

 ends, showing the position of the windows. 

 The surface is covered with shells, set in 



Fig. 996. 



plaster of Paris, those under the win- 

 dows being oyster shells, the other parts 

 being done with smaller ones, found abun- 

 dantly by the sea-side. 



The floor of the interior is of brick, not 

 by any means in accordance with the 

 other parts of the building. The seats 

 are all portable, and consist of a sofa and 

 six chairs, two of which are representations 

 of arm-chairs, hollowed out of the trunks 

 of two old oak trees, very much covered 

 with excrescences ; the others are light 

 chairs, formed of hazel, and the seats 

 cushioned with Polytrichium commune. 

 The sofa is also cushioned with the same, 

 the back being open wickerwork. The 

 table is circular, set on a clawed stand, 

 and covered with a matting of poly- 

 trichium. 



The side walls are all covered with 

 moss. In the centre of the back wall is a 

 representation of a ducal coronet, done in 

 fir cones. The roof is of Sphagnum palus- 

 tre, a white moss; and in the centre is a 

 stag, three-fourths of the natural size, 

 (the crest of the Scotts of Buccleuch,) 

 done in a very ingenious manner with 

 small rods of young larch. A cornice 

 runs round the interior, formed of spruce 



cones, (fig. 997, a,) with those of Pinus 

 sylvestris, or Scottish fir, (c c,) and of 



Fig. 997. . 



both alternately, as at d, and square 

 knobs of oak, divided into four sections, 

 as at b. 



Summer-houses are and may be con- 

 structed in a great variety of forms, and 

 of different materials. Very neat resting- 

 houses may be formed of 4-inch quarter- 

 ing, set upon a base of brick or stone, so 

 as to raise the timbers one foot from the 

 ground. These may be lined on one or 



