GARDENERS' HOUSES. 



485 



boiler, 1 2J feet by 9 feet ; pantry, g ; h 

 and i two closets ; water-closet j. 



Fig. 706 



Chamber floor, fig. 708, contains family 

 bedroom, k, \Z\ feet by 12 feet, with two 

 wall-closets ; females' 

 bedroom, 14 feet by 

 11 feet, with two 

 closets ; males' bed- 

 room, m, 12 feet by 9 J 

 feet ; linen closet n. 



Assistant gardeners' 

 apartments. — Intimate- 

 ly connected with the 

 accommodation pro- 

 vided for the head 

 gardener is that of his 

 assistants. A number 

 of these, in proportion 

 to the size and duty 

 | required, should have 

 accommodation found 

 for them within the 

 garden. Such is the 

 case more generally 

 in Scotland than in 

 England, although in 

 the latter the practice 

 is more frequent now 

 than formerly. The 

 advantages both to the 

 employer and the em- 

 ployed are much great- 

 er than may be gene- 

 rally supposed. With- 

 out going into the 

 reasons for this asser- 

 tion, we shall briefly 

 state what that accom- 

 modation should be. 

 The sitting and eating 

 room should be de- 

 cidedly separated from 

 the sleeping apart- 

 ments. Each person 

 should have a bed to 

 himself, and if not a 

 separate room, not 

 more than two beds 

 should be in each. 

 The beds should be of 

 iron, mounted on cas- 

 tors, and completely 

 furnished with bed- 

 ding and curtains. 

 Each man should have 

 a small table with a 

 drawer, to serve for 

 dressing and writing, 

 with looking - glass, 



