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House & Garden 
Goodrich quality is maintained in every 
Silvertown Tire. No two grades. No several 
brands. The same tough, practical, anti-skid 
tread, the same re-enforced sidewalls, the 
same Silvertown strength. There is just one 
word that means a cord tire— SILVERTOWN. 
The best when it was the only cord tire, it 
remains the best when there are many. 
THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY 
ESTABLISHED 1870 
In Canada—The B. F Goodrich Rubber Company, Ltd. 
Toronto r Montreal * Winnipeg 
Goodrich 
Silvertown Cord 
SOLD BY COODMCH DEALERS THE WORLD OVER, 
This solid but gracefidly curving seat, with its comfortably 
raked back and rounded arms, is made of old battleship timbers 
GARDEN SEATS and SHELTERS 
(Continued from page 98) 
may be purchased ready made. The 
supports need be no greater than 3" 
or 4" square and the lattice strips from 
154" x /" to 2" x J4", depending 
upon the design. The supports should 
extend to a depth of 30" into the 
ground and be held there by concrete 
footings; the lower sections of the sup¬ 
ports being thoroughly creosoted in ad¬ 
vance to retard decay. 
Another type of seat-shelter, and 
one which derives much of its charm 
from its colorful and temporary nature, 
is the garden umbrella. By means of 
this device any seat in the garden can 
be shaded at any time simply by rais¬ 
ing it over the desired spot. The 
“handle” of one of these gargantuan 
parasols is provided with a detachable 
socket that is sunk in the ground and 
serves as a permanent place in which to 
fit it. Other types are used in connec¬ 
tion with a table, as in the group on 
page 47, in which case they are fitted 
into a socket in the table top. 
In the placing and arrangement of 
all garden seats and shelters it is a 
good plan to provide a substantial 
paving under and immediately about 
them. By doing this one may be sure 
of having at least these places in the 
garden dry and firm underfoot at all 
times. This paving, which may be 
either of brick or flagstone, will give 
stability to the seats and keep them 
level. It will also improve the appear¬ 
ance of each setting by making it com¬ 
pletely evident that the seat belongs in 
that particular place. 
Thus far we have considered only 
those seats which serve as permanent 
fixtures in the garden. As integral 
parts of the scheme they must remain 
exactly where they were originally 
placed, in positions determined, of 
course, by the necessity for balance, 
symmetry and the ending of a vista, as 
well as for the desire for leisure at those 
points. Whether these seats are movable 
or not they must seem so much an ac¬ 
tual part of the garden that the thought 
of moving them would never come up. 
The other type of seats is that which 
can be used to form a sociable cluster 
under an arbor or pergola or on a 
paved space elsewhere in the garden. 
The furniture of a living room fur¬ 
nishes a direct parallel to these two 
types of seats in the garden. A library 
table, a sofa, or any other large pieces 
would be regarded as a fixture, and 
the balance and symmetry of the room 
would depend upon the permanence of 
their proper positions. The locations of 
occasional chairs and tables are to a 
certain extent more flexible. And so it is 
in the garden. Small seats, chairs and 
tables may be grouped in suitable 
locations and be rather incidental to 
the permanent scheme of the garden. 
If they are slightly re-arranged at any 
time it will hardly matter, and if they 
are removed altogether the effect of the 
garden will not be very much dis¬ 
turbed. Furniture of this kind, in 
wicker, iron and light wood con¬ 
struction, is easily obtainable in 
many attractive styles, and where 
there is a place for it in the garden 
it will be found to add astonishingly 
to the garden’s comfort and appear¬ 
ance. 
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A Chinese feeling is noticeable in the design of the back and 
struts of this garden seat that will hold eight persons comfortably 
