PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



sheltering the milk cans is rather dilapidated, from 

 being twisted out of shape by the roots of a mam- 

 moth buttonwood tree, for which the place is 

 famous, but the principal charm lies in the interior 

 arrangement. The big square floor of the main struc- 

 ture is laid with brick, with the exception of a space 

 about eighteen inches wide extending along one end 

 and side. This space has cemented bottom and sides 

 and is from six to eight inches deep. It forms an 

 ice-cold water-way in which milk cans are set, and 

 pans of cold custard, or whatever is to be kept or 

 served deliciously cold. 



The clear, cold spring that runs in at one end of 

 the stone structure flows directly into this water- 

 way, continues down one side of the house, and 

 around the other end, where there is an outlet for 

 draining off the surplus. The interior walls are 

 plastered from floor to roof ; and with the plain brick 

 floor surface meeting the cement water-way and the 

 plaster wall, there is no woodwork to decay from 

 dampness ; while for the periodical cleansing a thor- 

 ough hosing of floor and walls, and the draining, 

 sweeping, flushing and refilling of the water-way 

 keeps this delightful food and milk room hygieni- 

 cally clean with little difficulty. The whole concep- 

 tion is ideal for the purpose it serves, and yet it is a 



simple and inexpensive contrivance within the 



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