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too small, and altogether inadequate, and the pits and 

 frames scattered about and difficult to get at. Nothing 

 is more wasteful of time, labour, or temper. The 

 ■working parts of a large garden form a complicated 

 organisation, and if the parts of the mechanism do not 

 fit and work well, and are not properly eased and oiled, 

 still more, if any are missing, there must be disastrous 

 friction and damage and loss of power. In designing 

 garden buildings, I always strongly urge in connection 

 with the heating system a warmed potting shed and 

 a comfortable messroom for the men, and over this 

 a perfectly dry loft for drying and storing such matters 

 as shading material, nets, mats, ropes, and sacks. If 

 this can be warmed, so much the better. There must 

 also be a convenient and quite frost-proof place for 

 winter storing of vegetable roots and such plants as 

 Dahlias, Cannas, and Gladiolus ; and also a well-hghted 

 and warmed workshop for all the innumerable jobs put 

 aside for wet weather, of which the chief will be re- 

 painting and glazing of lights, repairing implements, 

 and grinding and setting tools. This shop should 

 have a carpenter's bench and screw, and a smith's 

 anvil, and a proper assortment of tools. Such ar- 

 rangements, well planned and thought out, will save 

 much time and loss of produce, besides helping to 

 make all the people employed more comfortable and 

 happy. 



I think that a garden should never be large enough 

 to be tiring, that if a large space has to be dealt 



