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THE VIIXA GARDENER. 



n. Large reserve-ground, surrounded by the potting and working sheds, tool-houses, seed- 



S room, men's room, &c. 



o. Farm-yard, the details of which will be found below. 



p, Poultry-yard. 



g. House of the gardener and general manager. r, Bam. 



s. Yard for rubbish, pea-sticks, &c. 



t, Pine-pits in the kitchen-garden. 



u u. Part of the private road from the mill- paddock to the farm-yard, rick-yard, and arable 

 field ; and which crosses the elm avenue, near the entrance to the flower-garden : but this 

 road being little used, and that only early in the morning, no perceptible marks of it are 

 seen in the elm avenue. This avenue having a wire fence on both sides, a gate is placed 

 in each fence, one opposite the other ; and these gates are opened whenever carts are to 

 pass. V, East entrance to the flower-garden. 



w. Road from Wimbledon to London. x, Wimbledon Common. 



y. Upper park, or lawn. z. North park, adjoining the arable ground. 



Fig. 305. shows the ground plan of the farm-yard and poultry -yard, and 

 also of the range of plant-houses, on a larger scale than in the preceding 

 plan. 



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a, Orchideous house. b. Plant stove. 



c, d, and e. Greenhouses, with vines trained under the rafters. 



/, Aviary. g, Working-shed. h k. Furnaces. 



», Situation of the cistern on the top of the brick wall of the green-house, to which water 

 is raised by the hydraulic ram, mentioned in p. 429. ; whence it is conducted to the 

 difl'erent plant-houses, and to the fountains in the open garden, by pipes. 



