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8, Angular brick wall, for the sake of having different aspects 

 for the fruit trees which are trained against it ; and for strength, 

 being only one brick in thickness for lessening the expense. 



9, Pond in the largest kitchen-garden, supplied from the brook 

 by pipes, with waste pipe to the pond on the lawn. 



10, Filbert plantation. 



11, Orchard, and boundary plantation. 



12, Covered seat; of which a view is shown in Jig. 166. In 

 front of this seat there is a mulberry tree of large dimensions, 



Covered Seat, of grotesque and rustic Masonry. 



which was transplanted by Mr. Harrison when it was up- 

 wards of 80 years of age. The instruments with which a 

 number of large plants, particularly shrubs, were transplanted 

 under Mr. Harrison's directions, when the grounds were being 

 altered and enlarged, were described for us by Mr. Pratt. (See 

 Gardener's Magazine^ vol. xi. p. 134.) Mr. Pratt kept for 

 many years large plants which had suffered from any causes, 

 or which were not immediately wanted, in what he called an 

 hospital for these purposes. 



13, A flower-garden, in which for several years a large Arau- 

 caria brasiliensis stood out in the centre bed ; but it was 

 killed to the ground in the winter of 1837 — 8. 



14<, The rustic covered seat, shown in Jig. 167. in p. 660., and 

 of whichy%. 168. is an elevation of the back; showing the 

 manner in which the barked poles are arranged. 



15, Basin of water for aquatics. 



16, Rustic building, of which a view is shown in Jig. 172. In 

 the interior is an alto-relievo of statuary marble, representing 

 a female over a funereal vase, surrounded by a sort of broad 

 frame of corals, cornua Ammonis, and large mineral speci- 

 mens of different kinds. 



17, Groups of roses, dahlias, and other ornamental flowers. 



