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Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)

Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 1083

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raised walk or trench.In many country-seats Croquet-groundshave been formed in a very elaboratemanner, with smooth-shaven lawns for thegame, and raised embankments providedwith seats for spectators, planted withshrubs and trees, and ornamented withvases, statuettes, etc. But the game maybe very… … Our Leisure Hours. 1029 surface is best, it is not indispensable. Croquet may be played ongood gravel, or even asphalte. In any case hardness is a recom-mendation for a Croquet Lawn. Nor is an oblong an absolute necessity ; for the arches can be so placed as tosuit a ground of any shape, and almost…

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