28 Landscape Gardening 



PLUMBING 



Every possible attention should be given to the plumb- 

 ing and sanitary arrangements of the house and outbuild- 

 ings; the limits of this book, however, will not allow of 

 an extended disqussion of the subject. The reader is referred 

 to the many books written by practical men and women on 

 this subject, such as "Home" Sanitation," by Mrs. Ellen M. 

 Richards and Marion Talbot; " Sanitary Drainage of Houses 

 and Towns" and "Principles and Practice of House Drain- 

 age," and other works of Geo. E. Waring, Jr.; "Women 

 Plumbers and Doctors," by Mrs. H. M. Plunkett, and many 

 other works on the subject of house-drainage and plumbing 

 should be carefully studied. 



The work of plumbing requires much skill and patience, 

 and only skilful and practical men should be employed to 

 do this very important work. The "plumber's bill" is 

 proverbial, and the complaint often made against their 

 exorbitant charges are in some cases founded upon facts, 

 but there probably are as many honest men in the plumbing 

 business as in many other lines of work. To have a nice, 

 thoroughly fitted job of plumbing done requires time and 

 the best material, together with skill on the part of the 

 workmen, all of which are expensive. 



