The Rescue of an Old Place 



is six feet high, and makes a warm back- 

 ground for Grapevines, and the hot-beds, 

 which are placed below the vines, fronting 

 the south. A steep bank, thickly sodded, 

 descends from the level of the lawn to the 

 top of the wall, which is also covered 

 with turf. This sunny south terrace is 

 the very spot for the old-fashioned Rose 

 bushes which we have transplanted hither 

 from the other parts of the place, and 

 here, too, is a bed for more delicate speci- 

 mens, which can be protected by a glass 

 frame in the winter-time, as well as a tree 

 to shade the south windows from the heat. 

 The wall was quite an important con- 

 struction, and I am afraid to say how 

 many tons of stone went into it, for the 

 largest portion of it is underground, th^ 

 results being very solid and substantial. 

 other ter- Behind the house, on the basement- 

 level, is still another curved terrace, from 

 which a grassy cart-path leads down to 

 the swale and the hot-beds, and here the 

 various walls are utilized to protect rows 

 of Currant bushes above, and Raspberry 

 bushes below, which are easy cf access 

 from the kitchen-door. 

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