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ITALIAN (OTTAOK. 



Opinion, for notwitlistanding tlio gigantic dimensions of tlio building, there is a niultuin 

 in parvo system apparent — a want of length, brcadtli, and thickness, so to speak — a 

 want of capacity in the ideas of extent in beds and bordci-s, and ])articuhirly so in tlio 

 ]>lanting of them, — which to our Aniericani/ed view seems very incomjialible with 

 the far-famed crystal palace and the gigantic scale on which every thing about it is 

 ]>Ianned ; and, large as it is, it strikes us as having, like too many green-houses and 

 1 1 )nservatories in the country, "twice as many plants as it ought to contain. 



Having occupied more space than I intended, I must continue my remarks in 

 another letter, when I have a little more leisure. 



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AN ITALIAN COTTAGE. 



BY AN AMATEUR ARCHITECT. 



I DO not suppose I can furnish the readers of the Horticulturist with any designs that 

 compare with the truly beautiful ones already presented to its readers ; but pe 

 present something that will satisfy the wants and come within the means 



