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will be quite sufficiently lighted for walking in, even if not straight, 

 by the funnels and gratings before mentioned ; which may be 

 made only 6 ft. apart, if 10 ft. should be thought too far distant. 

 If, as the trees and shrubs grow up, they should be found to 

 obscure the gratings, the funnels for them can be carried up 

 higher than the shrubs ; and any funnels that are thought too con- 

 spicuous may be terminated with elegant vases, through which 

 the light is admitted : and whether these funnels are carried up 

 10 ft. or 50 ft., will make no sensible difference in the quantity 

 of perpendicular light which will pass through them to the tun- 

 nel below. The necessity of building funnels, however, may be 

 altogether avoided, by having the tunnel made straight. 



The next list (V.) is of select trees and shrubs, to be scattered 

 on the turf; but, as this cannot be done till the ground is pro- 

 perly consolidated, which it will require at least a year to effect, 

 their places are not indicated in the plan, lest it should create 

 confusion. 



The last list (VI.) is of plants which are of low growth, and 

 are either ornamental evergreens, deciduous shrubs with showy 

 flowers, or shrubs with highly fragrant flowers. Any blanks 

 which remain in the masses, after all the other trees and shrubs 

 are planted (and there will not be many), may be filled up with 

 the species enumerated in this list, which are so beautiful, that, 

 even if there were a dozen or two of each in the garden, there 

 would not be too many. 



Nothing is proposed to be planted on the green bank {i i) 

 between the upper and lower terraces, because the large elm trees 

 already there, as well as the steepness of the slope of the bank, 

 will effectually prevent any ordinary shrub from thriving. If 

 it is absolutely required to have something like an evergreen 

 fence, an open wooden railing is recommended, which may be 

 thickly covered with ivy, the soil being first properly prepared, 

 and the plants abundantly supplied with water during the sum- 

 mer season, for the first two or three years. 



The kind of fences to be used in enclosing the garden, the 

 projection of the quay into the river, and the details of the pro- 

 posed esplanade, with the seats at each end, are not here entered 

 into ; neither is any design given for a fountain, nor for rock- 

 work, nor any other architectural object in the situations indi- 

 cated. The entrances to the tunnel may be finished in a rustic 

 style, and rock plants inserted in the crevices. 



The walks commence at the gate opening into the lower ter- 

 race, and also at the steps descending from the esplanade, with 

 a width of 1 ft. ; and, after being continued at that width for a 

 distance of 80 or 100 yards, they are gradually diminished till, 

 directly over the tunnel, the width is only 8 ft. The tunnel walk 

 is only 6 ft. wide under the tunnel ; but it gradually widens to 



