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structure, half-bosomed in trees. Near the casement of that turret 

 is an owl peeping from the ivy. 



Squire Headlong. — And devilish wise he looks. 



Mr. Milestone. — Here is the new house, without a tree near it, 

 standing in the midst of an undulating lawn ; a white, polished 

 angular building, reflected to a nicety in this waveless lake, and there 

 you see Lord Littlebrain looking out of the window." 



Note on Walks and Roads. 



In our remarks on walks and roads, we omitted to say anything of 

 the best manner of making gravel walks. We may here state that, 

 where it can easily be procured, pure pit gravel is preferable to all 

 other materials for this purpose, as it binds almost at once, and becomes 

 a firm and solid mass nearly as hard as a stone floor. Beach gravel, 

 not having any mixture of loamy particles, does not become hard 

 until after a good deal of rolling, and a little loam is often mixed with 

 it to secure its tenacity and firmness. A very thin coat of gravel will 

 render a walk superior to a path which consists only of the natural 

 soil, and such surfacing, in our dry climate (though it frequently re- 

 quires renewing), is often sufficient for distant walks, or those little 

 used except in fine weather. But the approach road, and all walks imme- 

 diately about the dwelling, should be laid at least a foot thick with 

 gravel, to insure dryness, and a firm fooling at all times and seasons. 

 The lower six inches is better executed when filled with small stones 

 — placing the six inches of gravel on the top of these, and there are 

 few new places where this is not a convenient mode of getting rid of the 

 small stones that require to be taken out of the gardens, and various 

 parts of tlie premises undergoing improvement. 



A word may be said here with regard to the color of gravel. Un- 

 doubtedly in almost all examples in the natural style cf landscape 

 gardening slate-colored gravel, the kind common in nearly all parts of 

 the country, is much the most agreeable to the eye, being unobtrusive 

 just differing sufficiently with the soil to be readily recognised as 



