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85, Curator's house and yard, where by the trees inthe orders Pomaceae 

 there should be an office for the and -(4mygdaleaB. 



curator, and for general business, 89, Private entrance from Duerden's 



with a room sufficiently large for gate. 



the accommodation of the com- 90, Private entrance from Burley. 



mittee. Both of these entrances will be con- 



86, Entrance gates and lodges, with a venient for the getting in of com- 

 small yard to each lodge. posts, &c. 



87, Kitchen and fruit-garden. 91, Reserve-ground for trees and 



88, Wall and border for half-hardy shrubs; a triangular piece of ground, 

 shrubs, which will be nearly hid extending 50 yards further than I 

 from the lower parts of the garden, have room to show it in this reduced 



plan. 



Plan fig. 36. 



a. Elevation of conservatories. e. Flower-garden : a a, fountains ; h 5, 



h. Elevation of terrace. &c,, vases, or other architectural 



c, Ground plan of conservatories, ornaments ; c c, grass terrace, slop- 

 showing the pillars for the support ing to the garden from the dotted 

 of the domes. line, and likewise sloping to the 



d, Terrace. lawn (75), 



The clump of trees on the grass (Plan No. l.^Jig. 35.) is in- 

 tended for flowering shrubs. A few single trees will be required ; 

 but they may be better arranged on the ground than on a 

 plan. 



The first thing to be done is, the proper draining of the 

 land; and likewise to make a large main drain, commencing in 

 the kitchen-garden, running under the conservatories, terrace, 

 flower-garden, and down the centre walk into the low pond, 

 with sufficient grates into it for the water to be readily admitted 

 after a shower of rain. The rain-water, and the drainage from 

 the land, will generally be sufficient for the low pond. 



After draining the land, water for the conservatories, foun- 

 tains, &c., must be procured from Bainbrigg's and Potter's 

 springs, by making a large pond as a reservoir (78), well 

 puddled all round ; and, if sufficient water cannot be procured 

 at the two springs, I should suggest the boring for water near 

 Potter's spring, as I have no doubt but a good supply might be 

 obtained. 



From the reservoir a main pipe, 1^ in. diameter, must be 

 laid to the flower-garden ; with two branch pipes, ^ of an inch 

 diameter each, to the fountains, and one pipe, f of an inch dia- 

 meter, to the conservatories and curator's house. From the 

 centre of the fl.ower-garden, the main pipe may diminish to 1 in. 

 diameter, and be carried down the centre walk to the jet d^eau in 

 the low pond (77). A drain must be provided to receive the 

 waste water from the fountains ; but, by inserting a §-in. pipe 

 into the basin of waste water of the west fountain, sufficient 

 water may be taken to supply the winter repository ; and all the 

 buildings on that side of the garden, down to the bear pit, and 

 then conducted in a drain to the low pond. Another ^-in. pipe 



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