at BagsJiot Park. 



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Ground plan of the moss house and portico : a a, the seats. 



sion of squares (k). On the right and left of the Gothic entrance 

 is an oblong panel, with between twenty and thirty of the most 

 common species of moss arranged in horizontal stripes. In the 

 spangles over the doorway are upwards of sixty species of moss 

 and lichens, such as are too diminutive in growth to be incor- 

 porated into the body of the work. The whole of the above 

 have been collected in and about this neighbourhood. Over 

 the seats and windows are three horizontal pieces on a level with 

 the ceiling of the portico, with various devices. {Jig. 93. c, d, and 

 E.) These pieces serve as a kind of plancier to the inner roof, 

 which is a common span, with a gable end over the entrance, on 

 which is represented the elevation of the building. The opposite 



