THEIR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, &c 



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economical and of easy construction. To walk-level, and they should also be batted 

 keep them steadily in their places, the together behind, for greater security ; and, 

 bottom should be sunk 6 inches under the to give greater appearance of solidity and 



Fk\ 831. 



Fig. 8S2. 



importance, they should be capped with 

 the same material not less than 3 inches 

 broad. The walks may be of gravel of 

 uniform colour, but contrasting with the 

 pavement or slate. 



For figures in which curvilinear lines 

 occur, ashlar stone, or bricks covered with 

 cement, should be employed. The former 

 would be the most massive and durable, 

 but would be expensive. A specimen of 

 such a garden, done in brick, exists in the 

 grounds at Elviston Castle, near Derby. 

 When we saw it a few years ago, it ap- 

 peared crumbling to pieces. A much 

 more durable brick substitute could be 

 got by using composition bricks, and 

 having them made with sufficient radius 



to suit the curved lines without cut- 

 ting. 



The principal merit of such gardens is, 

 that they are strictly architectural ; and, 

 to render them still more so, the walks 

 should be paved with the same materials, 

 and the walls finished with a neat coping. 

 In planting them, tall plants, and those 

 of coarse habits, should be rejected, and 

 only dwarf-growing kinds employed. Gar- 

 dens of this description are, of course, on 

 a small scale. 



Fig. 833 exhibits a design different in 

 some respects from any of our other ex- 

 amples. The walks a a a are to be of 

 gravel, with edgings of dwarf box ; but if 

 upon a scale sufficiently large to admit of 



Fig. 833. 



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