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At c are two rows of houses similar to those at a ; but, as their direction is 

 south-west, the sun will shine on both sides of these houses, and both on their 

 front and back-gardens, every day on which he appears, throughout the year. 

 The small proportion of shadow which these houses will throw upon their 

 gardens may be considered as represented by the triangular masses of shade 

 on the front gardens on one side of the road, and on the back gardens on the 

 other. The actual shadow thrown by a row of connected houses on the 

 ground, would, of course, be a parallelogram, and not a series of triangles ; but 

 our object in giving this diagram is not so much to show the actual shadows 

 that will be thrown at any particular time upon the ground, as to indicate the 

 proportion of shadow which one position of the house and garden fences will 

 throw on the ground relatively to what will be done by another position. In 

 the double detached houses, b, d, f, &c., the proportion of shadow which 

 we have shown in the diagram also indicates the part of the garden which 

 will be most in shade throughout the year. The walls of those gardens which 

 have a south-east exposure, will ripen figs, apricots, and the finer plums ; 

 •while those having a north-west exposure, may be devoted to currants or 

 morello cherries ; or to roses, and the finer kinds of ornamental creepers. 



At d, on both sides of a road in the same dii'ection, are shown double 

 detached houses, the gardens of which have similar advantages to those at c, 

 but increased in consequence of the houses being detached, and their diago- 

 nals being south and north, which admits of the sun shining all round them 

 on every day on which he appears. 



At //, on a road in the direction of south-east and north-west, are shown 

 double detached houses, square in the plan; the diagonals of which, being 

 directly south and north, their exterior walls and their gardens will have 

 nearly the same advantages as those of the houses shown at d; but with this 

 difference, that a wall having a south-west aspect is not considered quit? so 

 good for ripening the finer fruits, or growing the more delicate creepers, as 

 one facing the south-east. 



At g are shown two rows of houses on the north and south sides of a road 

 running east and west; by which it will be seen that the front or street gardens 

 of the houses on the south side of the road, will be entirely in the shade during 

 the greater part of the winter ; while the gardens behind these houses will be 

 entirely in the sun throughout the year. As the side walls of these gardens 

 (at h) can only enjoy the sun one half of every day, neither of them are fit for 

 ripening the finer fruits ; but both of them will grow plums and cherries, and 

 both are admirably adapted for ornamental climbers. Against the wall at the 

 farther end of the garden, which will be in the shade almost every day in the 

 year, ivy and some very hardy climbers may be planted, svich as the Virginian 

 creeper and the Ayrshire rose : and against the house at the opposite end, 

 which will be fully in the sun every day in the year, may be planted a vine 

 and a fig ; the latter to cover the lower part of the wall, as high as the first- 

 floor windows, and the former to clothe the upper part as high as the roof. 

 The walks of such gardens will be equally dry on both sides of the garden, 

 because one boundary wall does not throw more shade on the walk running 

 parallel to it, and near it, than the other; and, provided the cross walk at the 

 south end is kept at such a distance from the end wall, or boundary fence, as 

 not to be shaded by it, it will be as dry as the side walks. Hence, these gar- 

 dens are more favourable for invalids to walk in during winter, and immedi- 



