DESIGNS FOK CHEAP COTTAGES. 



of our colleges has happily said : " No seat of learning can be called complete until it 

 furnishes facilities for the study of vegetable growth. * * * * Philosojihy and 

 trees have always been fond of each other's company. Plato's college was a grove of 

 Plantains and Olives. Hamilton is destined — soon, the hope is, — to be so far Pla- 

 tonized, that its students will be, from day to day, familiar 



With arched walks of twilight groves, 



And shadows brown that sylvan loves, ' 



Of pine or monumental oak, 



AVhere the rude axe, with heavy stroke, 



Is never heard, the nymphs to daunt, 



Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.' " 



[This intelligence is certainly interesting to us, and can not fail to be so to the 

 readers of the Horticulturist. Early impressions are the most durable ; and as we 

 hope to see the rising generation acquire a love for the beautiful in nature, we should 

 by all means give them early lessons in rural taste — give spacious and beautiful 

 grounds to our colleges and seminaries, and even to our common schools. We are 

 glad to find that the current of public taste begins to run so strong as to exert an 

 influence. Hereafter it will be a great argument in favor of schools and colleges, that 

 the Professors are men of taste as well as learning ; and that beside tasteful and com- 

 modious buildings, there are ample, tasteful, and well-kept grounds, where both mind 

 and body may have healthful and agreeable exercise in the open air. "\Ve trust that 

 the modest solicitation of the gentlemen who have charge of the improvements at 

 Hamilton College will not pass unheeded. We shall cheerfully contribute our mite. 

 — Ed.] 



DESIGNS FOR CHEAP COTTAGES.* 



BY JIEEWIN AUSTIN. 



Desigx for A Cottage in the Swiss Style. — This style of architecture is very 

 convenient and suitable for this climate, and about the cheapest kind of building that 

 can be erected. The beauty of this style of architecture is, that while it admits of 

 being constructed on almost any kind of ground, it is particularly adapted to a hilly 

 country, as the more uneven the surface, the more picturesque will the building ajipear. 

 In some instances, in other styles of architecture, a beautiful front is seen, perhajjs 

 crowded with ornaments, and the eye wanders from one object to another seeking a 

 place to rest ; but the details are so fine that the eye turns involuntarily away, finding 

 no bold object on which it may rest and contemplate its beauty. The other sides of 

 the same building , perhaps is quite barren and tasteless. This style admits of but 



♦This communication and accompanying designs were received from M. Austin, Arcliitcct, of Eochcster, N. T. 

 We have made such arrangements as will enable us to pay more attention to Eural Architecture than during the 

 last year, having engaged a well known and competent person to aid us in this department. "We have several 

 beautiful designs in course of i>reparation, one of which we had hoped to receive in season tor the January number; 

 but in this we were disappointed. The Swiss cottage, we think, abounds too much in ornament. — Ed. 



