KIREI COTTAGE. 



KIRRI COTTAGE. 



SUBURBAN RESLDICSCE OF MKS. CORNEUUS DAVIS, SENIOE, AT NEWARK, NEW JEBSBY. 



BY A. J. DAVIS, ARCHITECT, N. Y. 



The name is derived from the Japan tree, standing in the front ground ; English 

 name, Pawlonia. This tree, if not the most graceful in its form, is the fastest grow- 

 ing, most exotic looking, and the richest in its flower, of any in our latitude. It was 

 planted in 1849, five feet high, without a branch, and now overtops the house. 



A somewhat improved version of the building executed is given in the frontispiece, 

 and has been studied by the architect with much care. It is off"ered as a practicable 

 gothic cottage, cost not to exceed the sum of four thousand dollars, substantially built 

 with brick, and stuccoed as 

 at New Haven. We also 

 give here an Italian version 

 of the Kirri Cottage, which 

 being in the ordinary style 

 of building, would he more 

 readily executed than the 

 gothic, and at less expense. 

 The plan would be much 

 the same in both. The lot 

 is 53 feet upon the street, 

 and the house retires some 

 20 in its porch of entry. 

 The grounds, in front, are 

 filled with trees and shrubs, 

 a catalogue of which is 

 given,* in order that the same might be arranged upon an enlarged surface, with 

 increased efiect. These trees and shrubs were had of Mr. Downing, and comprise 

 many of those in esteem by him, as rare and beautiful. Others were from Harvky, 

 Newark, and are all thriving in the grounds. 



The House. — A walk, flagged with Saugerties stone, leads through thes hrubbery, 

 to a porch of entry, open upon two sides, trimmed with gothic columns, under a pointed 



* See Frontispiece. Explanation. — A, Austrian, or Black, and White Pine. B, Bocconia and Althea. C, 

 Chinese Evergreen lloneysuclvle. D, Tecoma grandiflora. E, Exmouth Elm— a beautiful variety. G, Ginko, of 

 Japan. II, Hemlock. K, Kentucky CoflTee-tree ; Gymnocladus. M, English field Maple. O, Osage Orange. P, 

 Pawlonia imperialis ; Keri, or Kirri, of Japan. T, Tree Paeony and Mezereon. V, Vines and Creepers. W, Ring- 

 let Willow. X, Chinese Wistaria. II V, Himalaya Viburnum. Magnolias, Tulip tree. Willows, Wliite and Black 

 Spruce, Balsam Fir, Chinese and American Arbor Vita>, Mountain Ash, Silver-leaf .\bele, Carolina Syringa. Tree 

 Honeysuckle, African and Double AUheas, Strawberry Tree,IIercule8 Club, Persian Lilac, Scarlet Maple, Horse Chest- 

 nut, Acacia, Yucca gloriosa. Climbing Roses, Sweet-scented Clematis, English Ivy, American Ivy, Commelina, Holly- 

 hock, Garland Deutzia, Periwinkle, Moneywort 



Of annuals, or greenhouse jilants, the cottage is decorated by the Cobea scandens, Leptospermum, Maurandyas, 

 Salvias, Tanych, Madeira, and Cypress vines. To which may be added the following hardy plants not successfully 

 reared — .\ristolochia, Periploca, Fumatory vine, Mahonia Holly, Japan Quince, Scotch Perpetual Rose, Oak-leaved 

 Hydrangea, Cypress, Larch, Sweet-scented Shrub. 



ITALIAN VERSION OF KIKRI COTTAGE. 



