COUNTRY MANSIONS. 



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by beds, with bor- 

 ders of rustic- 

 work. The cir- 

 cumference con- 

 sists of an arcade, 

 connected by a co- 

 lumn clothed with 

 creepers in thecen- 

 tre, by garlands of 

 creepers twined 

 round chains; and 

 having at a dis- 

 tance the appear- 

 ance shown in fig. 

 309. 



d. Pond, with a 

 fountain in the 

 centre, containing 

 numerous aqua- 

 tics of different 

 species, and sur- 

 rounded by rock- 

 work, as shown in 

 fig. 312. 



c. Marble basin and 

 fountain. 



/, Bower of trellis- 

 work. 



g. Elevated plat- 

 form, ornamented 

 on the side next 

 the flower-garden 

 with a screen of 

 rustic-work, and 

 with rustic vases 

 filled with flowers. 



h. Arcade, covered 

 with creepers. 



t t. Conservative 

 wall, on which 

 are many very in- 

 teresting exotic 

 shrubs. 



k Ic, Plant-houses, 

 with rockwork in 

 front planted ^vith 

 select ornamental 

 herbaceous plants 

 and undershrubs. 

 The central house 

 (O is a green- 

 house, and those 

 to the right are 

 also green-houses, 

 while those to the 

 left are hot-houses. At the back of one end of the central green-house is a door, which 

 opens to the private or reserve court (rn), in which there is a pelargonium- house, with a 

 range of pits along the front, for Cape bulbs ; and in the interior of the court are various 

 other pits and frames. 



