ON THE CONSTKUCTION OF A VERANDAH. 



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may be curved and finialled. Its heat is appalling on even a moderately 

 warm day, and its cold in winter equally extreme. It is also almost impos- 

 sible for the gardener to get about on it to nail up or to clip the creepers, 

 and it is ugliness incarnate. 



The next point is that a verandah should be made of a sufficient 

 width to allow of an 18 in. wide border all along the side of the house 

 for flowers and creepers to grow in. But I had better now describe my 

 own, beginning at the ground level. The total width from the house to 



