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8 in. above the ground, the grass coming close to the iron rod. 

 The distance between each, across the garden, is 4 ft., and down 

 the garden, 8 ft. 10 in. They are planted with spring, summer, 

 and autumn flowers mingled together ; and the spaces left, when 

 those are over, are filled with green-house plants, viz. ge- 

 raniums, verbenas, &c., German stocks, and tender annuals, 

 which keep up the colour until the frosts destroy them : the 

 hardy perennials remain for the next season. 



The design of the rockwork was taken from a small model 

 representing the mountains of Savoy, with the valley of Cha- 

 mouni : it has been the 

 work of many years to 

 complete it, the diffi- 

 culty being to make it 

 stand against the wea- 

 ther. Rain washed away 

 the soil, and frost swelled 

 the stones : several times 

 the main wall failed from 

 the weight put upon it. 

 The walls and the found- 

 ation are built of the red 

 sandstone of the coun- 

 try ; and the other mate- 

 rials have been collected 

 from various quarters, 



chiefly from Wales ; but it is now so generally covered with 

 creeping and alpine plants, that it all mingles together in 

 one mass. The outline, however, is carefully preserved ; and the 

 part of the model that represents " la Mer de Glace " is 



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