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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Figure 83, is a covered seat or rustic arbour, with a 
thatched roof of straw. Twelve posts are set securely in the 
ground, which make the frame of this structure, the open- 
ings between being filled in with branches (about three 
inches in diameter) of different trees — the more irregular 
the better, so that the perpendicular surface of the exterior 
and interior is kept nearly equal. In lieu of thatch, the roof 
may be first tightly boarded, and then a covering of bark 
or the slabs of trees with the bark on, overlaid and nailed 
on. The figure represents the structure as formed round a 
tree. For the sake of variety this might be omitted, the 
[Fig. 83.] 
roof formed of an open lattice work of branches like the 
sides, and the whole covered by a grape, bignonia, or some 
other vine or creeper of luxuriant growth. The seats are in 
the interior. 
Figure 84, represents a covered seat of another kind. The 
central structure, which is circular, is inten- 
ded for a collection of minerals, shells, or any 
other curious objects for which an amateur 
might have a penchant. Geological or miner- 
[Fi g . 84.] alogical specimens of the adjacent neighbour- 
