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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 30, 1903. 
Bothies for His Majesty’s Gardeners. 
Some time ago a. correspondence appeared in The Gardening 
World with respect to gardeners’ bothies. His Majesty the 
King lias shown his deep interest in this matter, as in all others 
pertaining to the welfare of his subjects, and recently there has 
been erected in the Royal gardens at Frogmore, as part of the 
reconstruction of the gardens, a bothy which may be truly said 
to be a Royal bothy. This building, the details of which have 
l ad His Majesty’s special approval, has accommodation for 
twenty-four unmarried gardeners. It occupies three sides* of 
vided by a service passage behind the staircase. The sleeping 
accommodation for the: men is on the upper floor. Each man 
has a separate bedroom, about 10 ft. by 8 ft., ensuring absolute 
privacy, and there are three larger rooms for the accommoda¬ 
tion of the foremen, these measuring about 15 ft. by 10 ft. 
All the rooms open into a wide corridor running round the 
building. Behind the main staircase is a lavatory 27 ft. by 
19 ft,, with two bath-rooms, nine washing basins, four w.c.’s, 
etc., and a boot-brushing room. Underneath the lavatory and 
the dining-room, covered by a steel and concrete* floor, is the 
a square, and is two* storeys* in height, in the old English style 
0 f architecture. On the right of the main entrance, over which 
there is a handsome clock, there is on the ground floor a dining- 
roern 25 ft. by 30 ft, a reading and recreation room 27 ft, by 
15 ft., and isolation or sick rooms with separate entrance. 
These latter comprise a bedroom 11 ft. by 10 ft., a sitting- 
room 16 ft. by 15 ft., with large bay window, and a bath-room, 
lavatory, etc. This suite of rooms, which may be called a 
small hospital, is entirely cut off from the rest of the building, 
and is complete in eveiy way. In the left-hand wing of the 
building is the caretaker’s house—which corresponds to* the 
sick rooms just described—also* store®, larder, etc., and a 
kitchen 25 ft, by 21 ft., with all kitchen requisites, cooking 
ran<m, etc. A spacious hall and staircase divide the kitchen 
from the dining-room, but a connection, between them is pro¬ 
stokehole and the boiler-house for the east section of the garden. 
This is 40 ft, long by 19 ft. wide, and the stokehole part is 
about 17 ft. high and abundantly lighted. The entire work 
has been carried out by Messrs. Mackenzie and Moncui, 
Limned, hothouse builders to His Majesty. 
The whole of the bothy has been finished in a very superior 
manner, and every care taken to ensure the health and comfort 
of the men. It is practically fireproof, and a complete system 
of hot-water heating and hot-water supply is installed through¬ 
out the building. All the rooms* have been most comfortably 
furnished, and an abundance of good books and many fine pic¬ 
tures have been supplied from Windsor Castle. 
The King, in thus* providing such comfortable* quarters tor 
his gardeners, has set* an example which might be followed 
with advantage by many noblemen and gentlemen. 
