VILLA rOU A I'.OC'KY HILL SITE. 



8TEAWBERKIE8. 



Wdlfi-tr's ScaUiiir/ — (s(aniiiiato) is a rrreat acquisition; lii^,'li flavored; l>ear9 well. 

 Jdini/ Lind Seedling — in llie liaiuls (>( the origiuator, (Mr. Fay,) ha.s proved good, 

 ;;> a \erv early variety. Eukn Wight, Chairman. 



FIRST. 



VILLA FOR A ROCKY HILL SITE. 



BY A. J. DAVI3, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK. 



This design has more of architec- 

 tural pretension than the "Artist's 

 Villa," given in the last number of 

 the HorticuUnrijit^ and it will be 

 recognized as partaking of the 

 character seen in the castles of the 

 Rliine ; and therefore will be al- 

 lowed by the lovers of the pictur- 

 esque to be adapted to many a site 

 upon the Hudson and elsewhere, — 

 no less fitting for a comfortable 

 American summer retreat. It may 

 seem wanting in a veranda, whicli 

 could be added upon the right, but 

 tlie trees in many cases would serve 

 for shelter and shade. 



This design was also a study for 

 the artist, and the plan will be seen 

 to furnish a similar accommoda- 

 tion. The parts in outline could be 

 added at a future time if other 

 rooms should be required, thus ma- 

 king a very commodious habitation. 

 From the more ornate character of 

 this design, with its multiplied an- 

 gles, oriel, and battlement, it would 

 not be so easily constructed with 

 the surface rock, and would cause 

 a more elaborate workmanship, 

 and higher cost than the "Artist's 



Villa," the latter being estimated at three thousand, and the other, upon the same 



locality, at four or five thousand dollars, with the addition. 



SECOND 



