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to refer our readers for the more complete understanding of 

 this plan. There is also a boiler, the flue of which is like- 

 wise conducted under these floors. 



All the rooms of this dwelling are on one floor {Jig. 104.b), 

 which will be rendered perfectly dry by the cellarage below, 

 as well as by being raised six steps (3 ft.) above the surface 

 of the garden. This floor shows the back entrance (c), 

 gardener's office (d), fitted up with book shelves, and a large 

 desk, with drawers for seeds under ; and having two doors, so 

 that the men may come in and receive payment by the door 

 which opens into the back entrance. There are a kitchen (<?), 

 parlour (/), master's bed- room (g% two other bed-rooms (A 

 and i), and an entrance porch from the garden (k). It will 

 be observed that the window of the parlour, and that of 

 the master's bed-room, look into the garden, which ought 

 always to be the case in such houses, for the convenience of 

 inspection both by night and by day. 



At the back of the house there should be a lean-to, in 

 which may be placed the coal-bin (I), wood-bin (m), dusthole 

 (n), and privy (o). A pigsty might easily be added, and also 

 a cow-house ; but the latter appendage is generally better in 

 the yard of the demesne farm. 



In some cases it may be desirable to have the fruit-cellar 

 under the gardener's house, and in this plan it might very 

 easily be formed under g or d; in the latter case, limiting the 

 course of the flues to the floors of e and c. 



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