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HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



hy Tronclion^ of tlie Avenue d^Eylau^, who lias a large collection 

 ■p^^ 3^3 of such articles. His modification 



of tlie elastic cLair is certainly 

 stronger than that of Carre, but for 

 durability and general good quali- 

 ties the chairs made in imitation of 

 split cane work are the best of all. 



Fig. 313 shows a combination 

 of moy cable seat and shallow 

 hower^ with a box at the back for 

 planting climbing plants where- 

 with to cover the trellis work. The 

 best plan would be to train some 

 gTaceful and rapid growing annual 

 Seat with box for cMr.g plants, creeping plant on this. So shaded 



and decorated;, it might prove very acceptable in some positions. 



The next illustration shows a form of seat seen at the Paris 

 Exhibition of 1867. It consists of a not uncommon form of 

 garden seat with a tent-like shade supported as shown in 

 Fig. 314. This shade can be rolled up in a moment by means 



Fig. 314. 



Seat with Tent-like Shade. 



of the chain at the ends_, and let down with equal facility. 

 This seat would seem to be a want out of doors in summer, 

 and also in conservatories and like structures in winter and 

 spring ; that is^ where people sit and read in them. There is a 

 modification of it in which the back of the seat is reversible. 



