Rustic Adormnents , 
allowed to project a little beyond the actual width of C in order to gain a 
sufficient depth for a good effect. Where the windows are large, and there 
is no objection to a considerable projection, two feet depth may be considered 
liberal for the hortus fenestralis; its width and height will be determined by 
the window. The next business is to fit it. It is well if the base be made 
of one stout slab of slate or stone, the joints may be iron, and the lower sash 
of the window may be made to serve as its inner side, and the means of 
access to it. Any skilled worker in glass and metals could fit up a case if 
furnished with such a design as the employer would approve of, and we will 
Fig. i. Elevation of Window Case. The letters used are repeated on details (Figs. 
4- 5. 6, 7, 8, g, io) to show the respective shapes of the rails, standards, rafters, 
and bars. Scale: \ inch to the foot. 
only remark that every part of the workmanship must be good, and there 
ought to be about the whole affair an elegance oft finish consistent with its 
purpose. 
Assuming that the reader desires to have a case specially made for an 
outside window, here is a good design, accompanied by detailed drawings :— 
The case is, perhaps, not quite so genteel in appearance as the previous ones, 
but it has the merit of being quite as serviceable, at all events. It can be 
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