On Hillside Gardens. 



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FIG. 109. — AT THE BARN, WITLEY, READING. 



lumps of old burnt firebrick, which can sometimes be got from gasworks for a nominal 

 sum, if not free. This must not be confounded with black gas clinker, which some 

 misguided folk have used for rockeries. Clinker is as dismal and unpleasant a material 

 as the old firebrick is attractive. The latter should not be used when the cost of good 

 brick or tile or stone can be encompassed, but as a cheap alternative it is quite 

 satisfactory. The view from the garden door at The Barn is a happy commentary 

 on the pleasant air which a suburban garden can take on when sonre thought and 

 very little money have gone to its making. 



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FIG. no. — A HILLSIDE GARDEN .VI STEEP. 



