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rafters ; and, in siiMrner, when the plants in pots are taken out of the green- 

 house, these creepers ought to be removed from the piers and rafters, and 

 trained over the windows and sasheS, so as to produce a sufHcient degree of 

 shade to admit of the interior being used as a sitting-room for the ladies in 

 the morning, or as a banqueting-room for taking the dessert in after dinner, 

 or as a room for taking tea in in the evening. The green-house may be 

 heated in various Ways, and, among others, by a fire-place or stove at the end, 

 as shown in the plan at / ; but, if only the more hardy green-house plants are 

 grown, such as camellias against the wall, and heaths and Australian plants 

 in pots, no other heating need be required than what may be given every 

 night after the family go to bed, by leaving open the glass door communicat- 

 ing with the living-room, a fire being supposed to have been kept in that 

 room during the day. The warm air from the living-room will raise the 

 temperature of the green-house at least above the freezing point ; and some 

 degrees higher even in the most severe weather, provided the sashes and 

 windows of the green-house fit tightly. It would be easy to heat this green- 

 house in a most effectual manner, from the kitchen fire, or the parlour fire, 

 by pipes of hot water ; but the tendency of contrivances of this kind, after 

 two or three years' use, to go out of order, renders us reluctant to recommend 

 them if they can be avoided. Underneath the green-house, on the basement 

 floor of the house, there may be a coal or beer cellar. 



The part of the back garden which is not seen may be either wholly devoted 

 to ornamental trees and flowers, on a lawn connected with that shown in the 

 figure ; or separated from it by a border of evergreens, and cropped with 

 culinary vegetables. In either case, a portion of ground at the bottom of the 

 garden must be fenced off as a reserve garden, in which there must be a pit 

 or a hot-bed, to keep up the supply of young plants for the green-house, and 

 for the beds at h ; unless the cheaper mode is adopted, of having this done by 

 contract with a commercial gardener. 



Expeiise and Managemeiit. — The gardens to these two houses might be laid 

 out and planted for from 30/. to 60Z. each, according to the kind of trees 

 selected, exclusive of the reserve gardens, the green-houses, and the gravel- 

 ing or paving of the walks. From their being flower-beds, if the occupiers 

 of the houses or their servants were not attached to gardening, the assistance 

 of a man for each garden might be required, on an average, one day in a 

 week throughout the year; which, with the requisite seeds, plants, &c., might 

 bring the yearly expense of management to about 10/. This is supposing 

 that the watering, and other attendance required by the plants in the conser- 

 vatory, were chiefly done by some part of the family. 



Remarks. — These gardens are particularly well calculated for amateurs who 

 are fond of performing the operations of gardening themselves; because 

 there is no heavy, dirty, or disagreeable work required in them, and because 

 the green-houses would afford recreation during winter. 



184. Planting a front garden so as to produce sij?nme(rical masses of colour. 

 — An agreeable variety might be produced in this design, by substituting _/<7. 

 51. for i i in Jig. .50. This garden is supposed to face the south; and to be 

 80 ft. broad, and 45 ft. long. It is surrounded by a broad border (a), sepa- 

 rated from the lawn, or grass-plot, by a line, which is slightly waved, in order 

 to harmonise it with the curvilinear forms of the beds ; but, at the same time, 

 not so much so as to be out of harmony with the straight wall and the straight 



