Elevation of zinc gutter, and cut woodwork.
Section of the same.
The following is a design in purely French taste for the circular top over the entrance porch on the upper floor.
Cut woodwork.
The roofs of buildings in this style should be covered with zinc. The French are as much before us in their use of this metal as they are with their cut woodwork.
Roofs covered with zinc could be made flatter, and have a covering or floor of boards, each board ½ an inch apart. An illustration is given of such a construction; it has a light iron railing with a scroll
