and Forcing-Department at 8yon. 



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land's residence at Syon is but for a short period of the year. 

 The chief disadvantage of too small a garden, as far as it con- 

 cerns the gardener, is, the obligation it imposes on him of 

 growing vegetables on the fruit-tree borders, in consequence of 

 which the trees never do much good. By a reference to the plan 



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there will be observed the situation of the range of forcing-houses 

 {cd\ of the pits {ee\ melon ground {/)-, and asparagus beds 

 [g). The pits are remarkably complete, and we shall, on a 

 future occasion, give detailed plans and sections of them as 

 models for imitation. The melon ground is very small, 



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