MOSS-HOUSES. 



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Ground plan of the moss-house and portico: a a, the seats. 



moss, to prevent the back from brushing against it. Each side above the skirt- 

 ing is divided into four square panels (see _fig. 249.), and these into a succes- 

 sion of squares (k). On the right and left of the Gothic entrance is an oblong 

 panel, with between twenty and thirty of the most common species of moss 

 arranged in horizontal stripes. In the spangles over the doorway, are 

 upwards of sixty species of moss and lichens, such as are too diminutive in 

 growth to be incorporated into the body of the work. The whole of the 

 above have been collected in and about this neighbourhood. Over the seats 

 and windows are three horizontal pieces, on a level with the ceiling of the 

 portico, with various devices, (fg. 250. c, d, and e.) These pieces serve as 

 a kind of plancier to the inner roof, which is a common span, with a gable 

 end over the entrance, on which is represented the elevation of the building. 



