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ash or elm into them. The other method is to make a tenon at the 

 end of the one piece and a hole to receive it in the other. This latter 

 method is not as strong and is usually harder to make. In both cases 

 the parts should fit very tightly. When putting together finally, 

 coat all 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 beveled 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 recollection 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. 



Garden House 



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 receive air from all sides. 



For the man who is handy with tools there is ample scope through 

 the Fall and Winter for the exercise of his talent in the fabrication of 

 all manner of garden furniture. If one possesses a comfortable cellar, 

 that will be found a good workroom in the short days, the material 

 having been accumulated prior to Winter weather. 



Sun-Dial 



An interesting object among the furnishings of a formal garden is 

 a sim-dial mounted on a decorative pedestal. This is an instrument 

 that measures time by means of the shadow of a gnomon or style 

 thrown on a metal dial plate upon which the hour lines are traced. 

 Writing of the sun-dial, Charles Lamb remarks: *Tt was the primitive 

 clock — the horologe of the first world — and stood as the garden god 

 of Christian gardens." 



A "step-ladder" column 

 supporting a dove cote 

 and bearing a climbing 

 plant 



