70 Review of Loudoii's Gardener''s Magazine. 



" The ground plan has nine equal sides, with a portico all round, sup- 

 ported on nine rustic pillars, each one foot in diameter, with capitals 

 one foot two inches square, and four inches thick; and on which rest 

 four courses of rustic planks, six inches thick each, laid horizontally, 

 which connect the whole of the pillars." 



"The floor of the cell is laid with broken bottles, with their bottoms 

 upwards, and the hollows filled in with Roman cement and sea shells. 

 The space below the portico is paved in star and diamond forms, with 

 small stones of various coloi's from the sea beach." 



" The joists are four inches thick, and five inches deep, and on them 

 rests the roof, which is slated next the timbers, with a coat of heath nine 

 inches thick above the slates; this being considered as corresponding 

 better with the rustic work than either slates or tiles. The wall of the 

 cell is nine inches thick, and consists of nine upright posts, on the inside 

 of which are nailed horizontally, the upper edge standing out about an 

 inch from the posts, strips of wood three fourths of an inch square, 

 and one inch apart. In the interstice at the upper edge, and in those 

 between the strips, the moss is rammed in with a wedge-shaped piece of 

 wood. The ceiling is done in the same manner, and has the fortn of a 

 star in the centre, pointing towards each corner: this star is made of 

 Cenomyce rangiferina. The cornice is made of the cones of the Pinus 

 sylvestris var. rubra, three rows being laid horizontally, and one row 

 set on end, and projecting a little outward. The door is made of rustic 

 work, and has a Gothic window in it similar to the two windows in the 

 wall, filled in with stained glass." 



We hope to be enabled, in the course of the present vol- 

 ume, to give one or two plans as models to build by. 



Article VII, on the management of grass lawns, is an ex- 

 cellent paper. The author recommends frequent waterings 

 in dry seasons, particularly when placed upon dry soils ; 

 which should be commenced on the first appearance of any 

 change in the color of the grass ; manure, he also advises, 

 should be occasionally used ; the richer the better, as the 

 less quantity will be required : it should also be very fine ; 

 and should be as free from the seeds of weeds as possible. 

 Soot, the author observes, will impart a greater degree of 

 energy to the soil than any other manure : it produces a 

 beautiful verdure, and is an antidote against worms. In 

 laying down lawns, the soil should be of an equal depth 

 over the whole, and of equal quality ; otherwise the grass 

 will be of unequal growth. 



The first article in the October number is an account of 

 some of the residences and nurseries near London. The 

 planting of Arboretums, at most all the principal nurseries, as 

 well as at all the fine country seats in England, is becoming 

 very general, and it was more immediately with a view to 

 (Collect information in regard to many of the fine specimens 

 of trees at the diflferent places, that the remarks in this arti- 

 cle were made. We hope this subject will interest many of 

 our amateurs, especially those who have plenty of land, and 

 induce them to plant trees in this scientific method. We 

 believe this to be a high species of embellishment, and cal- 



