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neatness of indoor housekeeping. To complete tlie simple yet ta<.toful 

 improvements, plant some lofty shade-trees around to -.ive comfort and 

 coolness m the heat of summer. Let tl,e honcy-suckro, the trumpet- 

 flower, the Tine, etc., grow around the window and over the door • and by 

 all means secure a choice place near your window, for roses and 

 fragrant flowers, whose hcauly and perfume may gladden the rooms and 

 regale the senses. Such improvement will not only effect a cheerful 

 change m the dwelling place, but also, with the first successful atternvt 

 at rural embellishment, a love for further embellishment will be begotte'n 

 and the mind can not rest contented till all parts of farm and "arden a-e 

 correspondingly beautified; and thus the hand of industry, guided by 

 the eye of taste, will surround the owner with an elysium of beautv 

 ennoblmg and refining to the feelings, joyous to the senses, and adding 

 new and unlooked-for pleasures to rural life. 



Thus far our improvements and adornments are easily prescribed and 

 may be easily executed. But one step further, and we arrive at an 

 obstacle somewhat diflicult to surmount, where we encounter the ri-d.lity 

 of particular taste, or individual caprice, and which often causes no slight 

 disturbance of our quiet progress. Our work is no longer a simple 

 private, imriuestioned undertaking; but a jealous Science, and a fastiU 

 lous Art, now come in to superintend our proceedings. The scicntigc 

 art of laying out grounds, Garden Architecture, Landscape Gardening 

 or whatever it may be called, demands the right to criticise our endcav' 

 «rs to disapprove or commend our procedure. To proceed with Greater 

 certainty, we generally deem it best to consult some professionaf Land- 

 scape Gardener; a number skilled in the principles of this Art are at 



wr rl „ i"^ f ' *''' *'"''''• *''" ^"^''' "' "^^ «^™^°' -"^v be selected ; 

 which .hall be chosen ? ( Americans but seldom devote their attention 

 to this line of business, as it do,, not pay very abundantly ! ) With the 

 professional gardener's cultivated taste, the latest London fashions, and 

 the newest Parisian patterns are presented, by whose magic, the loveliest 

 forms and most arcadian scenes are to be wrought and made so perf 

 that one would imagme that the world was created most hugelv imperfect 



still 1^::= rt T'T '' ''' -^'^ ^'•^='«- «^ ^umL genL ad 

 skill, and It IS fondly hoped that future generations will remember and 



revere the gifted Artist's name ! A little experience howerr w I 



find g pei»onages, and do not agree on many essential points. Hence, 

 If all their various opinions are considered and pursued, the owner will 

 find his trees and shrubs, his flowers and plants, dancing about in a 



