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things which delight in it : strawberries, raspberries, 

 quince- trees, arid almost every sort of tree. But, sup- 

 posing it to be impossible to have the water in this way, 

 the usual resource of a well must be resorted to. From 

 this well, the water would be raised by a pump pouring 

 the water into a large cistern, made of brick and well 

 cemented, the walls rising about two feet above the 

 ground, which cistern should be ktyt always pretty 

 nearly full, in order for the water to get softened by the 

 air, and to be more fit for the uses of the garden. There 

 will be plenty of room for this pump and cistern in the 

 hot-bed ground, at the south-east corner ; and, from this 

 spot, it could be carried or wheeled to all parts of the 

 garden. No great pains need be taken with regard to the 

 making of the cistern, so that it were well cemented : 

 the brick-work should be nine inches thick, and the form 

 should be circular, otherwise the sides might fall in. 



46. In conclusion of these instructions, as to the 

 laying-out of the garden, I ought to observe that the 

 narrow border at n, which is four feet wide between the 

 wall and the path, is necessary, because the path is to be 

 at four feet distance from the wall, in order that the door- 

 way in the wall on the south side may not be close to 

 the corner, which would lessen the strength of the wall. 

 In the work of laying- out, great care ought to be taken 

 with regard to stra5ghtness and distances, and particu- 

 larly as to the squareness of every part. To make lines 

 perpendicular, and perfectly so, is, indeed, no difficult 

 matter, when one knows how to do it ; but one must 

 know how to do it, before one can do it at all. If the gar- 

 dener understand this much of geometry, he will do it 

 without any difficulty but, if he only pretend to under- 



