. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. Those who wish tostudy the possibility of producing great effects bysuch means, should study the admirable work ofKiTTLiTZ,* or any other faithful representations oftropical scenery. To explain what we mean wereproduce the frontispiece of The Vegetable King-dom, in which the accuracy of the details isguaranteed by the authority of Von Martins. Nor is this at all impossible of very near approach has been already made to sucha scene by Mr. Dillwyn Llewellyn, to whose housewe shall probably refer next week, when we explain,in s
. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. Those who wish tostudy the possibility of producing great effects bysuch means, should study the admirable work ofKiTTLiTZ,* or any other faithful representations oftropical scenery. To explain what we mean wereproduce the frontispiece of The Vegetable King-dom, in which the accuracy of the details isguaranteed by the authority of Von Martins. Nor is this at all impossible of very near approach has been already made to sucha scene by Mr. Dillwyn Llewellyn, to whose housewe shall probably refer next week, when we explain,in some detail, how such a plan may be worked outwithout interference with the possibility of thatminute and special superrision to which our Englishsystem has sacrificed so much. In the meanwhile weshall be thankful for any hints or suggestions whichthe experience of our readers may be able to GRAVEL WALKS AND ROADS. , In the verj humid and comparatively sunless climateof England, nothiog conduces more to the enjoyment ofa country residence than a good, firm, and dry walk,upon the surface of which the ladie3 of a family can,without annoyance from dirt or damp, take their dailyexercise. To be what it ought, it should be availableimmediately a heavy shower has ceased; and tothis end it is desirable to get a hard smooth surface, andto carry off the surface water by frequent gratings toan underground drain, not allowing it to saturate thematerials of which tlie walk is composed, or the groundon which it rests ; because in proportion to the ab-sorbency of the materials will be the uusouudness of thewalk after severe frosts. Both road making and walkmiking are frequently ill understood by those whoattempt it. In the ordinary course of proceeding to form a road orwalk, it is usual to make a deep excavation, which, whenfilled (as is usual) with large and coarse gravel, becomesa rec
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