Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 42
r house-drains of considerable importance,glazed pipes, which fit into each other with collars around thejoints, are preferable. These, however, are not used so much forland drainage as for conduits of waste water from the house. Whereit can be done so as not to create any offensive odor, all… … CHAPTER VI DWELLINGS, OUTBUILDINGS, AND FENCES. * * # # You shall see a man,Who never drew a line or struck an arc,Direct an Architect and spoil his work,Because, forsooth, he likes a tasteful house !He likes a muffin, but he does not goInto his kitchen to instruct his cook ; Nay, that were insult!…
