. The book of the garden. Gardening. TEMPLES AND ARBOURS. 653 expense, and associating with nothing around them. If the scale of these ex- amples be teemed in this country ; their disuse pro- bably arising from th e expense of formation Fig. 894. en- larged—and they should be so if placed in grounds of large extent—a spiral stair may be placed with- in them leading to the balconies or lantern tops above, so that they may become useful as prospect towers, or even be converted into select museums for natural history. Fig. 897 represents an open temple on three sides, with a niche op
. The book of the garden. Gardening. TEMPLES AND ARBOURS. 653 expense, and associating with nothing around them. If the scale of these ex- amples be teemed in this country ; their disuse pro- bably arising from th e expense of formation Fig. 894. en- larged—and they should be so if placed in grounds of large extent—a spiral stair may be placed with- in them leading to the balconies or lantern tops above, so that they may become useful as prospect towers, or even be converted into select museums for natural history. Fig. 897 represents an open temple on three sides, with a niche opposite the. Fig. 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 McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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