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DESIGN FOR A SMALL VILLA. 



nure be allowed to come to their roots. If 

 thev become weakly, apply fresh, virgin 

 soil to the roots in the room of manure. 

 Saml. G. Perkins. 



BroMini, near Boston. 



Remarks — Our esteemed correspondent 

 has undoubtedly had more experience in the 

 cultivation of pears on the quince stock, 

 than any other person in the country, as it 

 is nearly forty years since his first planting 



of this kind commenced. His very great 

 success, and long practice, entitle his re- 

 marks on this subject, to careful attention. 

 The Portugal Quince, especially com- 

 mended by Mr. Perkins for this purpose, 

 has been very little known or used hitherto, 

 in the United States. From iis greater vi- 

 gor, it is undoubtedly far better adapted for 

 a stock for the pear, than the common 

 quince. — Ed. 



DESIGN FOR A SMALL VILLA. 



(SEE FRONTISPIECE. Fig. 94.) 



Staten Island is undoubtedly one of the most 

 agreeable suburbs of New- York. Its inte- 

 rior comprises many hundred acres of 

 wooded surface, varied by hills, dells and 

 glades, and affording delightful roads and 

 drives ; while its best portions offer many 

 sites, which command admirable views of 

 the ocean, the Narrows, and the bay and 

 harbor of New-York. 



We are not surprised, therefore, at the 

 numberless rural improvements that are 

 annually going on within its boundaries. 

 There are some residences, on the island, 

 highly remarkable in a landscape gardening 

 and tasteful point of view, as, for example, 

 that of Wm. H. Aspinwall, Esq., noticed by 

 us in another work. And there are now, 

 dozens of smaller suburban cottages and vil- 

 las, more neatly built, and increasing in 

 number every day. Some of these are 

 exceedingly picturesque and ornamental ; 

 others, we are obliged to say are almost 

 caricatures of the cottage style, and would 

 better bear criticism as children's toys, or 

 whims of the confectioner, than real dwell- 

 ing houses, for rational men and women. 



One of the most pleasing of the new re- 

 sidences on Staten Island, is one built by a 



southern part, from the designs of A. J. Da- 

 vis, Esq., Architect, New- York. Our fron- 

 tispiece shows the front elevation, and the 

 plan of the principal floor of this dwelling. 



The style is Tudor Gothic, and the inten- 

 tion of the architect was to produce a plea- 

 sing and expressive building at a very mode- 

 rale cost. The single large gable gives an 

 air of originality to the design, which we 

 think, at the same time, very pleasing in its 

 effect. 



By referring to the plan, which is simple 

 and good, and sufficiently explains itself, it 

 will be seen that the main entrance is on 

 the side of the house, opposite the parlor 

 front, shown in the elevation. This suits 

 the locality of the house, and, by allowing 

 the visitor to enter and obtain his first im- 

 pression of the view from the windows of 

 the side facing the best view, a stronger ef- 

 fect is produced by the landscape, than if 

 the entrance were upon the same side that 

 overlooks it. 



The style in which the villa is designed, 

 is a very excellent one, when the material 

 to be used in its construction, is stone or 

 brick. Its solidity, and the peculiarities of 

 its details, render it, as we think, wholly 



gentleman, whose grounds are towards its ' unsuited to the employment of wood. 



