388 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



abroad. The skeleton or frame-work of the arbor or house, 

 is formed as we have just stated ; over this small rods half 

 an inch in diameter are nailed, about an inch from centre to 

 centre ; after the whole surface is covered with this sort of 

 rustic lathing, a quantity of the softer wood-moss of different 

 colours is collected; and taking small parcels in the hand at 

 a time, the tops being evenly arranged, the bottoms or roots 

 are crowded closely between the rods with a small wooden 

 wedore. When this is done with some little skill, the tufted 

 ends spread out and cover the rods entirely, showing a 

 smooth surface of mosses of diiferent colours, which has an 

 effect not unlike that of a thick Brussels carpet. 



The mosses retain their colour for a great length of time, 

 and when properly ranmied in with the wedge, they cannot 

 be pulled out again without breaking their tops. The only 

 example which we have seen of a handsome moss-house in 

 this country, is at Winship's Garden, Brighton, near Boston. 



A prospect toioer is a most desirable and pleasant struc- 

 ture in certain residences. Where the view is comparative- 

 ly limited from the grounds, on account of their surface be- 

 ing level or nearly so, it often happens that the spectator, by 

 being raised some twenty-five or thirty feet above the sur- 

 face, finds himself in a totally different position, whence a 

 charming coup cPmil, or bird's-eye view of the surrounding 

 country is obtained. 



Those of our readers who may have visited the delightful 

 garden and grounds of M. Parmentier, near 

 Brooklyn, some half a dozen years since, 

 during the lifetime of that amiable and zeal- 

 ous amateur of horticulture, will readily re- 



[t'ig- 63. ProsiwctAibor.J i i • 



member the rustic prospect-arbor, or tower, 

 figure 63, which was situated at the extremity of his place. 



