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of bricks laid flat, and half sunk in the turf; .9, a circle of bricks laid all to 

 one slope, and touching with their lower edges the circle of flat bricks ; and 

 t, the surface of the bed. The perspective view of this bed is shown in fig. 

 53. Such a bed ought to be planted in the centre with the most choice 

 summer-flowering green-house plants ; and round the margin, with migno- 

 nette, /''erhena chaniredrifolia 

 {Melindres), or some other 

 fragrant or brilliant-coloured 

 creeper which will hang down 

 over the bricks. Alarge fuchsia 

 in the centre, surrounded by 

 variegated pelargoniums, with 

 a border of mignonette inter- 

 mixed with blue anagallis, will 

 have a good effect ; as will a 

 large Brugmansia suaveolens 

 {Datura arborea) in the centre, 

 with the surface of the bed 

 entirely covered with the ^^er- 

 bena chamsedrifolia, which 

 would hang down with its 

 brilliant scarlet flowers over 

 the brick frame. The brug- 

 mansia {fig, 55.), when well- 

 grown, is a particularly suitable 

 plant for this purpose. It may 

 be kept in the frame in the re- 

 serve ground during the winter ; 

 and, if turned out into rich soil, 

 and kept well supplied with 

 water during summer, it will 

 produce a profusion of its fine 

 trumpet-shaped, pure white, 

 fragrant flowers, from June till 

 the beginning of October ; 

 when the plant ought to be 

 taken up, repotted, and re- 

 turned to the pit, to prevent it from being injured by frost. 



Design XII. To lay ovt, and plant the grounds of a douW^ suburban 

 villa in the Italian style, with the entrances from a common terrace. 



190. General arrangement. — This house, of which fig. 56. is the plan, and 

 fig. 57. a perspective view of the elevation, may either be occupied by a pro- 

 fessional man, as in the preceding design, or by two private families. In the 

 first case, the main entrance would be from the terrace {d) ; but, in the 

 second, though this would be the ostensible entrance, the real entrances 

 would be at the sides, through the green-houses, or plant lobbies (/<). 



191. The groundplan {fig. 56.) shows the main walk («) from the entrance- 

 gate to the terrace (d) ; two servants', or side, entrances, in the event of tiie 

 house being occupied by two different families (6) ; stairs down to the sunk area 

 and the kitchen floor {c) ; terrace common to both houses {d) ; open jwrcb, 



