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MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



feet. As, in houses of this description, 

 the kitchen is usually the room most con- 

 stantly occupied by the family, there is 

 no objection to the entrance to the stairs 

 being placed within it. There is a closet 

 under the stairs. All the flues, excepting 

 one bedroom, are placed in one stack, 

 which is in the centre of the house, so 

 that no heat is lost. Back entrance e, 

 enclosed for warmth ; / water-closet ; g 



fuel place : both of these are 4 feet by 5, 

 and have a lean-to roof. 



The upper floor, fig. 705, contains a 

 family bedroom h, 16 feet by 12 feet; a 

 bedroom for females, i, 16 feet by 12 feet, 

 each of which has three closets ; a bed- 

 room for males, j, 12^ feet by 9 feet, with 

 open fireplace and a closet on each side ; 

 h is a closet over front door porch, 7 feet 

 by 6 feet. 



Fig. 703. 



Fig. 706 represents a house in the old 

 English style, and gives a view of the 

 south and east fronts. 



The ground-plan, fig. 707, shows the 

 entrance porch from which we pass to 

 the lobby and staircase b, by a Venetian 

 door, the upper part of which is to be of 



ground glass; parlour c, 14 feet by 12 

 feet; family room, d, 14 feet by 12 feet, 

 with oriel window, commanding a view 

 over the garden and back offices ; kitchen, 

 e, 12^ feet by 12 feet, with a dry closet 

 on each side of the fireplace ; back kit- 

 chen, scullery, or wash-house, /, with 



