COTTAGE GARDENING. 



Libythea has been taken in Northern Ohio ; it has been found, also, in South Caro- 

 lina, and is without doubt legitimately a southern species.* 



The Chcerocampa tersa, an elegant miller, was taken in our garden, in the month 

 of May last. Dr. Harris describes it as a native of South Carolina, where it feeds on 

 a species of plant which does not grow at the Xorth.f The food it finds as a substi- 

 tute has not been ascertained. 



COTTAGE GARDENING. 



BY WILLIAM WEBSTER, KOCHESTEE, N. T. 



It can not but appear, to even the most ordinary observer, that there is an increasino- 

 and growing interest for that style of architecture in our cottage residences which our 

 late highly valued and lamented friend Dowxixg labored so incessantly and effectu- 

 ally to introduce ; and that such is the case, we have abundant evidence of in the 

 many chaste and elegant cottages which we see springing up around us ; but still, in 

 many instances, we see his plans but imperfectly carried out. I now allude to the 

 formation and embellishment of the grounds ; for no matter how beautiful or chaste 

 the dwelling may be, if the grounds are not in keeping, it can at most display but an 

 imperfect taste. Hence my object in offering this design is not to make a display of 

 any elaborate or intricate plan, but merely to show how simply such a place as is here 

 represented may be laid out and still possess all the characteristics of a comfortable 

 and retired home ; and when such a place is neatly kept, it can not fail to stamp the 

 proprietor as a man of taste and refinement. 



In the working out of this design, my object has been to introduce that form which 

 is most pleasing, and best adapted to the wants and requirements of that class who 

 are possessed of a moderate income, and who, washing to enjoy all the comforts of a 

 retired home, may be able to do so at a moderate expense. The pleasures and advan- 

 tages derivable from a garden of this description are manifold. The man who takes 

 delight in gardening, is always stimulated to further exertion by the delight which he 

 experiences in viewing for the first time in his own garden the opening of some choice 

 flower, or in the gradual development of some rare fruit, until finally he has his sense 

 of taste and smell gratified by its delicious taste and fragrance. This plan is capable 

 of being reduced or extended so as to apply equally as well for one acre, or five, or six, 

 as circumstances may require, or in other respects altered as may best suit the conve- 

 nience of those wishing to adopt it. 



The form of the ground in the plan is a parallelogram, this being the form most 

 frequently met with in places of this size, and is 200 feet front and 300 feet deep ; 

 and when laid out and planted, will appear much larger than it really is. The alter- 

 ations or improvements which can be made in this plan, are by making two walks, 



* See the figure and description in No. 76 of the Family Visitor. 



Dr. IIakkis's very valuable Catalogue of American Sphinges, in Vol. xxxvi., American Jmi/mal of Science 

 is. The student of Entomology -will there find the history of this intricate family made plain by the labors of 



