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first cost for one of Ransome's rustic fountains (some £30), and 

 the necessary service of pipes, the cost of water supply was quite a 

 trifling matter. The vinery is drawn as it was built, for in this ease 

 the frontage was on a private road, in the midst of a large property, 

 and the owner wished to have an entrance from the road. But it 

 would be easy enough to enter the vinery and the plant-houses 

 from the side next the dwelling, and other details might be altered 

 in like manner, and yet the plan might prove substantially useful. 



It is a common thing to be called in at this time of year to lay 

 out and plant a new place. But the planting is rarely accomplished 

 until at least a year has elapsed, for the season is usually gone ere 

 the drains and walks are made, and while the builders are about it is 

 absurd to plant anything valuable. This in defence of landscape 

 gardeners generally. People who expect a man to begin in October, 

 and finish a place before Christmas, having, perhaps, to convert a 

 wet meadow into a garden, should bear in mind that if the foun- 

 dations are not sound, no garden can be a credit to the planter or a 

 pleasure to the proprietor. Lay a good foundation first, and lose a 

 season rather than have trees and shrubs stuck into undrained, 

 untrenched soil, where they are likely to perish in a few years, or if 

 they live will never be a credit to any one concerned in their exist- 

 ence. S. If. 



HOME-GBOWjS" BEIERS for BIJDDIisG. 



Is the " Rose Book," our Editor has shown how to propagate roses 

 from cuttings at all seasons, and how to raise briers from seeds and 

 suckers. Acting on the advice of the '' Rose Book," I have become 

 expert in propagating roses, and now I propose to add my chapter 

 on the subject. I have great difficulty in obtaining briers, as the 

 dog rose is scarce in my district. I have tried raising from seed, 

 which answers very well, but you are not sure that the seed will be 

 gathered from the right sort ot brier, and, therefore, you get a rather 

 mixed lot, some being bad for budding. But I solved the problem 

 by putting in cuttings of briers, exactly as the " Rose Book" recom- 

 mends for roses, and now I can be independent of the hedgerows. 

 This is my contribution. Would that I could do more in acknow- 

 ledgment of the service you have rendered me. W. R. T. 



