Rustic Doors slvwig on Pivots. 



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bog-earth, that would have required turning over and separating 

 several times to have sweetened it. It was, however, only turned 

 over once, and afterwards some of the light sandy loam from 

 the banks was dug in, to keep it from settling too close. It now 

 grows most of the bog plants very well. 



Birmingham Botanic Garden, July 16. 1839. 



Art. II. On Rustic Doors swung on Pivots, with Rustic Porches. 

 By Alexander Forsyth. 



The accompanying sketches {Jigs. 133, 134, 135.) are intended 

 to represent a rustic gateway, 8 or 9 feet high, and 3 or 4 

 feet wide, through a hedge : but, before entering on the main 

 subject, permit me, for the sake of terser argument, to premise 

 a few plain statements relating to it ; namely, on the ordinary 

 arrangements in constructing doors and gateways in gardens 

 and pleasure-grounds. 



Now, we frequently find the 

 walks inside a walled garden 

 wide enough for a stagecoach, 

 whilst a barrow loaded with 

 long litter cannot be wheeled 

 through the narrow doorway : 

 this is often the case, also, with 

 bridges ; vehicles may pass 

 each other freely on any part 

 of the line of road, except on 

 the bridge. When, therefore, a 

 doorway in a garden wall or 

 carriageway on a bridge, is very 

 much narrower than the corre- 

 sponding walk or road, it gives 

 the idea of poverty. Why 

 should not the width of the door 



Ground Plan. 



other parts of the way? The 



or viaduct be equal to the 

 least obstruction or delay will 



always be objectionable. 



Every body is aware that, when a heavy door is fitted into a 

 doorway in a weak wall, it will be likely enough to pull the 

 wall down, by acting as a lever when open, and as a powerful 

 battering-ram when slammed against the posts by the wind, &c, 

 in shutting. 



The expense of hinges, too, for garden doors and gates is 

 always very great. It is also very unpleasant, in conducting a 

 party through a garden, to open a door or gate in their faces, 

 when they are advanced pretty near, not knowing which way 

 it folds ; not to mention the hindrance, there is always an idea 



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