. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 307.—BUILT OF OLD MATERI.\LS. FIG. 306.—AT LITTLE BOARHUNT, LIPHOOK. in the local fashion, which has prevailed for centuries. A cob wall (or pise, as it used to be called early in the nine- teenth century) will last almost for ever, if it is built on a stout foundation of stone or brick or concrete, and if it is soundly roofed with thatch, so that the wet is kept from its sole and its head. Where the natural treatment of the adjoining wall is thatching, it is wholly fitting that the summer-house should be roofed in the same fashion. The solecis
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 307.—BUILT OF OLD MATERI.\LS. FIG. 306.—AT LITTLE BOARHUNT, LIPHOOK. in the local fashion, which has prevailed for centuries. A cob wall (or pise, as it used to be called early in the nine- teenth century) will last almost for ever, if it is built on a stout foundation of stone or brick or concrete, and if it is soundly roofed with thatch, so that the wet is kept from its sole and its head. Where the natural treatment of the adjoining wall is thatching, it is wholly fitting that the summer-house should be roofed in the same fashion. The solecism to be avoided is the importation into a part of the country, where thatch is unknown, of a ready-made thatched pavilion framed in barked logs, which are too often made garish and ridiculous by yellow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London, Country Life [etc. ]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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