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trellis pattern, or an imitation of the frieze of some classical entablature, 
as for example from the Elgin marbles, and as they are fixed in tin grooves 
they may be changed at pleasure. The space from the pavement of the 
terrace to the summit of the parapet wall may be lined with Alhambra 
tiles, of sea-green ; and on the pavement there may be seven or nine 
vases filled with evergreens—as for example, an Arbutus, or a large plant 
of Acacia armata, which produces its yellow, ball-like, fragrant flowers in 
December and January, in the centre at the furthest extremity; and on 
the sides, plants of Acuba japonica, Sweet Bay, Laurustinus, and Portugal 
Laurel. On the summit of the parapet wall, should be seven other vases 
filled with similar plants; or with Kalmias, Azaleas, and Rhododendrons, 
when in flower; and these vases should be placed one over each of the 
five angles formed by the termination of the terrace, and one in the-middle 
of each of the two sides. The shelves should be filled with the gayest 
flowering shrubs that the season will produce ; and in the centre may be 
either a fountain or two basins, connected by a short canal for gold-fish. 
In the former case, the margin of the fountain should be covered with 
shells, tastefully arranged, and which may be procured at very reasonable 
prices, of Mr. Smith, Lowther Arcade, Strand; and some more rare and 
valuable shells for the foreground may be had at 282, High Holborn, 
where all the prices are marked on the shells. The fountain may be fed 
by a cistern in the house, and a great variety of forms may be seen at 
Austins Artificial Stone Works in the New Road. One of an artificial 
Water Lily, with the water issuing from three tin jets in the form of buds, 
has a very good effect. 
Should the canal with the two cisterns be preferred, and gold-fish 
should be kept, one of the cisterns should be made much deeper than the 
other, in order that the gold-fish may remain in it unmolested, while the 
other fountain is being cleaned out. 
Cambridge Terrace, Victoria Gate. 
ON ROCKWORK. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
Every one knows that rock work is a collection of fragments of rock, 
stone, scoria from furnaces, and other substances, thrown together in an 
artist-like manner, so as to produce a striking and pleasing effect; and to 
serve as a nest or repository for the reception of Alpine and other dwarf 
plants. It may appear at first, that, as the collection of stones, &c., is 
designed to appear wild and irregular, little art would be required in its 
