. 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. . r tents ofvarious shapes, or the whole erection might be convenientlyremoved from place to place, if sockets were properly placedat chosen situations to receive them; for the parts being con-nected by screws and nuts, and the awning canvas suspendedby hooks and eyes, it would need but half an hours employ-ment to 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. . r tents ofvarious shapes, or the whole erection might be convenientlyremoved from place to place, if sockets were properly placedat chosen situations to receive them; for the parts being con-nected by screws and nuts, and the awning canvas suspendedby hooks and eyes, it would need but half an hours employ-ment to take it down and replace it where required. In summer,such a temporary retreat is a gratifying appendage to thehouse, and affords variety and healthfulness to the amuse-ments of the day. THE LAWN. By the lawn is meant that portion of grass-plat which lies be-tween the house and the pasture, and which is constantly keptmown, forming a verdant carpet on which the building stands,and amongst the improvements that have resulted from themodem practice of gardening it merits particular notice, for insmall dwellings it is a substitute for the broad gravel or stoneterraces that were formerly adopted, it now receives the inha-lants from the windows of the apartments; and, in fact, the. se S ^ ^ ^ > 1 ^ < ^ THE LAWN. 95 lawn has become a favorite auxiliary to every apartment of theground-floor. The lawn is usually separated from the pasture by a lightiron-fence—from parks by a ha! ha! or sunk fence and terrace,as before described; its embellishments are beds of choice shrubsand flowers, formed upon it of various shapes, and by singleever-green trees or shrubs growing from the grass, and whichshould be distributed upon the same principles as are describedin the subject upon planting in general:—if these are judiciallydisposed they will harmonize the landscape with the building,and dismiss the nakedness that too commonly prevails in thelawns of villas in general. From the interior
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