London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 478
use of nails in training and fasteningthem. [The latter injury may be avoided by trellising thewalls; and the former, by planting such evergreens as thecommon ivy, than which there is not a more effective preser-vative of a wall against external damp.] In the plan of the first floor {fig. 170.), a… … room (e); /is a door on the stair case leading to the attic, which shuts out all wind that might come down from the attic floor; g and h are doors which are only opened by servants occasionally; i is a coloured glass folding door, which, while it admits the light from the window k, prevents the…
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