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GENERAL FORMATION, &a, OF GARDENS. 



have given this example. The references 

 b b are the principal side walls, which may- 

 be either of brick or stone, according to 

 local circumstances. They are not intend- 



ed to be heated ; therefore if of stone they 

 may be built solid ; but if of brick, by all 

 means let them be hollow, or faced with 

 brick and grouted with concrete, or left 



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c 



open as shown in several forms in sect. 

 Garden Walls, to save material. The 

 north or back wall is marked c c, to be 12 

 feet high for shelter, as far round as the 

 gateways p p ; d d the outer fence, which 

 may be of rabbit-proof wire, a ha-ha with 

 a hedge upon the top of it, or a wall not 

 exceeding 6 feet in height ; e principal en- 

 trance ; / reservoir of water to be supplied 

 from the roofs of the hothouses and other 

 buildings, after the cisterns in the houses 

 are filled — and, should the supply thus 

 obtained not be sufficient, by pipes from 

 some other source ; g gardener's house ; 

 h h pine-stoves ; i i vineries ; k k peach- 

 houses ; I I greenhouses ; in m pits for 

 young pines, melons, and cucumbers ; n 

 cistern of water in the centre of the 

 garden ; o o projecting walls to break the 

 force of the wind ; p p gateway entrances 

 into the back court and offices ; q back 



sheds, divided into compartments for 

 various purposes, but by all means hav- 

 ing cellars under them through their 

 whole extent. Dwarf standard fruit trees 

 are shown along the sides of the walks ; 

 but the principal supply of fruit is to be 

 expected from the semicircular piece of 

 ground in front, which is planted as an 

 orchard, with dwarf and standard trees, 

 having gooseberries, currants, raspber- 

 ries, strawberries, &c, planted under and 

 between them. The space marked r is 

 ground for sea-kale, asparagus, rhubarb, 

 &c, intended for forcing ; s s ground 

 for flowering - plants. The borders in 

 front of the hothouses are to be left 

 uncropped, except opposite the pine- 

 stoves, which, if not planted with vines, 

 as they ought to be, may be filled 

 with annuals. Water-closets are to be 

 placed in the cellars, provided with water- 



