. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 201. An economical wall is sometimes constructed of a brick in bed, or stretcher, on each side, the space between being filled up with concrete similar to that prepared for the foundation. This adheres 1o the brick-work ; headers, or bricks across, being used occasionally as bonders, to hold the two sides together. A solid wall of 14 inches, or even 18, which would require 3,620 bricks to the rod, would thus only require 1,210, while the cost of the concrete is compara- ti
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 201. An economical wall is sometimes constructed of a brick in bed, or stretcher, on each side, the space between being filled up with concrete similar to that prepared for the foundation. This adheres 1o the brick-work ; headers, or bricks across, being used occasionally as bonders, to hold the two sides together. A solid wall of 14 inches, or even 18, which would require 3,620 bricks to the rod, would thus only require 1,210, while the cost of the concrete is compara- tively trifling. In countries where brick is not easily come by, a very good wall may be constructed with a brick in front and stone behind, where one front only is requir-od '^"'^^^'^^^ for use. 202. The introduction of hollow bricks is supposed to be conducive to dry- ness and free ventilation, while it greatly reduces the pressure on the founda- tion ; but it docs not appear that we have any great experience as to its result on garden walls. 203. Stone walls for gardens should be built in courses of four or eight inches thick; the stones ashlar or hammer - dressed, the joints chisel- dressed, the mortar-bed not too thick, and the joints pointed and drawn clean. In stone walls— perhaps in brick walls also —copper or iron nails with eyes should be let into the interstices of the wall, to tie down the branches of the fruit-trees, taking care that they are let in with the eye close to the wall; for the radiation of heat from the wall is in proportion to its distance, and the heat which is one degree a foot off the wall, is, as we have seen, a hundred and forty-four when in contact with it. The advantage of the eyed nails consists in preserving the wall. Thread dipped in pyro- ligneous acid, or flexible wire, may be used for the purpose. The shred-and- patch mode of training the young shoots will surely never again be used upon a new wall. 204. Hollow walls are only found
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