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Fig. 304. is a sec- 

 tion and view, look- 

 ing to the south- 

 west, and showing 

 the front of the house. 

 It will be observed 

 from the lines indi- 

 cating walks, that 

 there is one which 

 makes the entire cir- 

 cuit of the residence, 

 besides severalj cross 

 walks. It will also 

 be observed, that the 

 carriage communi- 

 cation between the 

 farm-yard and the 

 stable offices at the 

 house is by the public 

 road, though ^ there 

 is a private carriage 

 road, in[a more direct 

 line, through the mill 

 paddock. 



Fig. 307., p. 434 

 and 435, is a ground 

 plan of the flower- 

 garden and kitchen- 

 garden on a larger 

 scale. 



a. The entrance to the 

 flower-garden from 

 the house, through the 



. avenue b; the door- 

 way of the garden 

 exhibiting a rustic 

 arch, as shown in the 



. sketch, /jr. 306. From 

 the point h, a walk 

 branches ofiF through 

 the mill-paddock to 

 the entrance front of 

 the house, so that per- 

 sons may come and go 

 to the gardens with- 



- out going through the 

 house. 



h. Elm-tree avenue, de- 

 corated, during sum- 

 mer, with a row of China vases, placed at regular distances along each side of tlie gravel 

 walk, and each containing a choice flower. 



c, A superstructure of rustic-work, with an elevated rustic vase in the centre, and surrounded 



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