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322 Rustic Adornments . 
desirable, if incongruity is a necessity of convenience, that the summer-house 
be far removed from the dwelling and its accessories; and for the matter of 
that, who wants a summer-house within a dozen or even a hundred yards of 
the principal entrance ? All possible uses of a summer-house may be secured 
in every imaginable style of structure, but the rustic style is the best where 
the house is to serve also for bees or birds, or as a tool-house or fruit-room, 
both because a picturesque effect can be secured at a comparatively small 
expense by the employment of wood, thatch, and moss, and because, also, 
these materials have great protective power : as a good old country bee 
keeper expressed it, “ the thatch drahs the kule in summer and the warm in 
winter.” 
Wanting a summer-house in close proximity to the dressed grounds in a 
formal garden, we may easily obtain, by adapting classic outlines, a good 
effect and a great convenience, as illustrated above. This style, which we 
