. Hints on ornamental gardening : consisting of a series of designs for garden buildings, useful and decorative gates, fences, railroads, &c., accompanied by observations on the principles and theory of rural improvement, interspersed with occasional remarks on rural architecture. . tituted and so conducted as to appear to fill the baskets withtheir produce. An arcade of this kind, being of considerablelength, would have a good effect either in a straight line bor-dering a parterre, or in compassing a circular or polygonal arenaof grass-plats and beds of flowers. I- As a garden seat, perhaps t
. Hints on ornamental gardening : consisting of a series of designs for garden buildings, useful and decorative gates, fences, railroads, &c., accompanied by observations on the principles and theory of rural improvement, interspersed with occasional remarks on rural architecture. . tituted and so conducted as to appear to fill the baskets withtheir produce. An arcade of this kind, being of considerablelength, would have a good effect either in a straight line bor-dering a parterre, or in compassing a circular or polygonal arenaof grass-plats and beds of flowers. I- As a garden seat, perhaps the design could be improved byadding to it a light trellis roof, sloping from the straight con-necting rods above the arches, down to the wall or back of therecess; this roof might be covered by foliages, thus aflfordingprotection from the sun. In flower-gardens, it is usual to have an ornamental conserv-atory, and if it be so placed as to permit this kind of erectionon each side of it, forming ornamental approaches on its rightand left, a beautiful perspective continuity would result whenviewed through its length, and the front view would also beimproved by it. The expense of this addition is compara-tively small, but the effect produced would be both striking *-; i»^^7 -,. ^|^5=^Mp?^J^^^-^e:^^
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