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In an editorial note, on page 29 of this number, we stated that we had engaged a -vrell- 

 known and competent gentleman to aid us in our Architectm*al Department, and that we 

 had hoped to receive a beautiful design in season for our January number, but had been 

 disappointed. We are pleased to state that by delaying the last sheet a few days, we have 

 obtained the desired engraving, which forms the beautiful frontispiece. The architect ia 

 Alex. J. Davis, of New York. 



V/INYAH, 

 The Residence of Col. U. Lathers^ Nevir Rochelle, N. Y. 



I send you a short description of the plan of "Wis'tah, having selected the same for publication 

 in the Horticulturist as exhibiting the popular style of Ameiicanized Italian, in tower, turret, 

 plant-cabinet, and veranda. 



The execution of work on this house may be noted for its substantial character — brick, in hol- 

 low walls, with the New Haven stucco, in imitation of freestone, by Gn-L, whose cement is proved 

 to be durable in 

 many works at 

 New Haven of 

 more than twenty 

 years' standing. 

 By deafening the 

 floors, and insu- 

 lating the stairs, 

 (by brick wall,) 

 this mode of ex- 

 ecution renders 

 every species of 

 building safely 

 fire-proof; safely, 

 if the roof timbers 

 be so inclosed by 

 a metal covering, 

 and the floors in 

 contact with ce- 

 ment, that fire 

 could only char, 

 without consum- 

 ing. Had this 



been the mode of building in New York, (by no means original, but) as specified by me for the 

 last twenty years, and laid before the Common Council of New York in 1834, the Hakpers and 

 their insurers had not suff"ered, nor would the great fire have occurred in 1835 



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