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SUBURBAN GARDENING— ROCKERY CONSTRUCTION. 



Many good suburban houses possess only I face is firm and compact. A square pedestal 



a small yard at the back. It is my object, 

 in the present paper, to show how a portion of 

 such space may be converted into a con- 

 tinual subject of interest, and that at a com- 

 paratively trifling outlay; premising that 



of brickwork in cement is now built up 

 in the centre to form a support for a vase 

 of iron, terra cotta, or Ransome's artificial 

 stone ; the water-pipe, for supplying a foun- 

 tain jet, is embedded in the work, as is also 



the rockery description is taken from an 

 actual construction, executed twelve months 

 ago. 



"We will suppose a piece of ground, 

 25 feet by 20 feet, to be at your disposal. 

 Mark out the inner oval (fig. 1), and exca- 

 vate three spades deep, leaving the sides 

 sloping ; then well ram all over, till the sur- 



a leaden service, for a range of minor jets, 

 afterwards referred to. 



Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of all the 

 piping. 



S. — General supply of iron, three quarters 

 of an inch bore, furnishing water to centre 

 vase jet, and connected at t with 



S, s, s, s, s. — Secondary fountains, issuing 



