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useful when the heavy dews on the lawn render grass walks 



almost inaccessible. 



It happens at Streatham, that a long range of offices, stables, 



and farm buildings, fronts the south, and seems to call for the 



expedient by which it may be best hid, viz. a continue . _ 



vered way, extending a vista from the green-house annexed to 



the drawing-room; houses of every kind for Grapes, Peaches, 



Strawberries, Vines, &c. &c. to any extent, may here be added, 



without darkening the windows, which may be lighted under 



the glass, and a low skreen of flowering shrubs in summer will 

 sufficiently hide this long range of winter comfort, without in- 

 tercepting the rays of the sun. v 



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REPORT 



CONCERNING 



VILLA NEAR 



COMMON 



IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



Th 



scenery and situations, which I have been called in to im 



prove, are not more diversified than are the characters of th 





to whom they belong; 



and 



were 1 to relate the difficulties 



attending my endeavours to meet the wishes of all my friends, 

 this volume might perhaps be deeme 



libel. 



ome 



who 



nev 



meant to follow my advice 



even to do any thing to 



