A COTTAGE FOR A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. 



devotion to the study of nature, placed him in a situation favorable to the development of 

 his peculiar talent. Linn^us formed anew the science of botany — he defined every piant 

 with precision, and gave it an appropriate name. He studied the stamens and pistils, be- 

 lieving, as he did, that no plant could be destitute of them; the result of his investigations 

 was the production of his beautiful arrangement called the " Artifical Method." 



Among the first of moderners who investigated the internal structure of plants, were 

 Greer, Leuenhoek, and Camerarius. 



Messrs. Lindley and Loudon, of England, have published many valuable works, and 

 given an increased impulse to the advancement of our educed science. Drs. Torret and 

 Grax, of our own country, have done much in perfecting our present system of botany. 

 Dr. Gray's Manual of Botany is the best in use in America; his Botanical Text Book is 

 the clearest exposition of vegetable physiology that I have ever seen, and is, I believe, the 

 American standard. There are many other celebrated botanists of our age, who have done 

 much to increase taste for our science, and to remove the obstacles which have so long de- 

 barred us from obtaining a knowledge of the noblest of nature's works. Botany rests 

 now on a solid foundation, and no other science can boast of more firm and true advocates 

 than it; and it is hoped that as discoveries are made, they will cluster around the princi- 

 ciples already established, each taking its proper place in the various departments now ar- 

 ranged for the reception of scientific truths. Augustus A. Fahnestock. 



A COTTAGE FOR A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. 



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We noticed with delight in Great Britain, that among the warmest devotees of horti- 

 culture and rural taste generally, are the country clergymen. Their homes are always 

 pictures of comfort, snugness, and beauty, and thus exercise a more powerful influence 

 in disseminating a love of rural life and domestic enjoyment among the agricultural popu- 

 lation than the castles and mansions of the great proprietors. 



Little by little, something of the same tastes are growing up in this countiy. We received 

 a letter lately from a clergyman in Worcester county, Mass., (whose name he would pre- 

 fer withheld,) soliciting some assistance in the plan of his house. His letter contained a 

 sketch of what he considered the essential features of the plan, and as we have always found 

 that a home is most conveniently arranged when the architect proceeds upon the ascertain- 

 ed and acknowledged wants of the family, or the class of families for whose use it is in- 

 tended, we have in modifying and re-arranging the cottage for our friend, the country 

 clergyman in Massachusetts, adhered pretty closely to his own sketch of the principal 

 floor — only varying it where it could be improved. 



As his letter will explain his wants and those of many who are situated like him, we 

 print the following extract from it, for the benefit of our readers, in order that they may 

 see the real requirements of such a family. 



A. J. Downing, Esq. — In the " Horticulturist," to which I have become a subscriber, 

 I find a few pages devoted to answering the questions and relieving the difficulties of your 

 correspondents. Following their example, will you alloAV me to detain you a moment 

 with a statement of my troubles, with the hope that you may give me a little assistance — 

 not, at present, in respect to plants — but houses. 



I recently purchased, and have read with much interest, your volume upon " Cott 



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