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TIIE amateur’s flower garden,. 
within reasonable limits the more watering-places tlic better. 
Sucli are marked (w) in the accompanying plan. With the 
aid of connectable lengths of gutta percha pipe they are found 
sufficient. 
The front garden being only separated from the liigli road 
by light iron railings, is principally stocked with evergreens, 
the border being filled with bedding plants. A screen of 
trees effectually divides the vegetable garden (kg) from the 
flower parterres and lawns (l);GE the gardener’s residence; H, 
a hawhaw, separating field and plantation from flower garden; 
11, in the centre of the plan, is a rockery, encircling a basin 
containing gold and silver fish, a raised central vase, and four¬ 
teen grouped fountain jets. A summer-house (s) is situate at 
the bottom of the garden next the field. From hence a view of 
the open country is obtainable, s R is a bed devoted to 
standard roses, d g shows a geometric garden situate near the 
greenhouse ; F is a fernery with rockwork arches. The 
circles on the lawns denote positions of favourite trees ; 0 is 
an octagonal greenhouse, in Crystal Palace style. In the 
centre are tables and chairs, and the gas being laid on, it is a 
favourite resort for summer evenings. 
At the side of this conservatory is another fountain and 
fernery, the former being supplied from a tank hidden among 
the trees. A waste pipe in the upper vase, forms the means 
of supply to a small overshot water-wheel in the rockwork. 
From this wheel the water flows to a lower basin. Gisa 
greenhouse in connection with the residence—at one end is a 
collection of exotic ferns, ten jet fountains, miniature cascade 
and turbines—at the other end is an ironwork fountain, with 
ornamental basin. 
The forcing and orchid-houses are to the extreme right, 
and hidden by a screen of trees and shrubs. A shows the 
position of American beds stocked with hardy rhododendrons, 
azaleas, kalmias, andromedas, and heaths. 
The limits of this work will not admit of any elaborate 
disquisition on the principles of taste in gardening, or on the 
mechanism of garden construction; but a few practical sug¬ 
gestions may prove useful to many readers who desire to form 
new gardens or improve old ones. It is desirable in the 
first instance to secure good roads and walks, good lawns, and 
good shrubberies, before thinking much about flowers. These 
three primary elements should be -.provided in the best form 
