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DESIGN FOR A SMALL VILLA. 



This variety is very productive, 

 bearing every year, but more pro- 

 fusely every alternate year. The 

 tree is a free grower, and comes 

 early into bearing. Branches 

 grow somewhat horizontally. 



The above information, in re- 

 gard to this apple, was communi- 

 cated to me by Mr. Baldwin, pre- 

 sident of the Westchester Hort. 

 Society. From specimens of the 

 fruit he sent to me, the following 

 description is taken : 



Fruit above medium size ; form 

 flat ; skin striped, and mottled 

 with red, on a greenish yellow 

 ground ; stem rather short and slender, and 

 inserted in a narrow, and not very deep 

 cavity, [sometimes partly filled up ;] calyx 

 of medium size, closed, and set in a shal- 

 low flattened basin ; core medium ; seed 



Fig-. 30. — Smoke-House Apple. 



brown, long; flesh yellowish white, crisp 

 and juicy; flavor agreeable, with a delicate 

 aroma. Ripe in October. 



Very sincerely yours, W. D. B. 



Philadelphia, BeUmber, 1848. 



DESIGN FOR A SMALL VILLA. 



The frontispiece of the present number, 

 shows the elevation and plan of a dwelling, 

 designed by A. J. Davis, Esq., of New- 

 York, and erected at Rahway, N. J,, for 

 L. B. Brown, Esq. 



It is an excellent example of economical 

 arrangement ; and we scarcely remember 

 an instance where so good an effect, joined 

 to so much comfort and convenience, has 

 been produced at so moderate a cost. 



The plan of the principal floor shows, 

 besides the entry, a parlor, a saloon, a 

 dining-room, a kitchen, and a pantry. Not 

 an inch of space is lost ; and the manage- 

 ment of the stairs and passages in the se- 

 cond story, is so complete that six good 

 bed-rooms are afforded. 



The exterior, without making pretensions 



to ornamental effect, is well composed ; the 

 proportions are good, the style is well ex- 

 pressed, and the whole is altogether satis- 

 factory to the eye and the judgment. 



The veranda, which extends along the 

 front of the building, gives an expression 

 of great comfort to every house, in a cli- 

 mate where shelter and repose are so ne- 

 cessary, in certain hours of the day, as in 

 the middle states, and where a veranda is 

 therefore as indispensable as almost any 

 apartment in the dwelling. 



We think there are few examples exist- 

 ing in this country of a cottage villa con- 

 taining so much accommodation, and in so 

 unexceptionable a taste, for the moderate 

 sum of $2,300, — the cost of this design, as 

 completed at Rahway. 



