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through all that concerns those who wish 

 their gardens to be usefully productive ; we 

 have not devoted a chapter to the herb bed 

 because it is so very simple, and forms 

 a subordinate part of the establishment, 

 though highly useful. It is not very diffi- 

 cult to procure a plant or two of sage, mint, 

 thyme, marjoram, and other herbs ; and 

 very little of these will do for a large family. 

 Parsley is a more generally useful herb, 

 and is raised from seed ; any of the peren- 

 nial herbs vvmU tear to pieces and strike like 

 weeds ; and parsley should be sown twice 

 or three times a year, and any root whose 

 leaves are not double and curled, should 

 be pulled up. There are many subjects in 

 a garden that we have not mentioned : we 

 have not touched on fruit ; our sole object 

 has been to treat of those things which are 

 more or less necessaries, or pjofitable stocks, 

 and, although we have treated of several 

 things that a man may cultivate as luxu- 

 ries, no person with limited means ought 

 to lose sight of the one great object of ap- 

 propriating every rod to something that he 

 can sell if he cannot oat it, or that he can 



keep for a considerable time if he can nei- 

 ther sell nor eat it. These will be found 

 to have been mentioned pretty nearly in the 

 order of their importance, taking into the 

 account their value as stock or their salea- 

 ble nature as merchandise, for such, in 

 truth, food as well as raiment is, and when 

 a man can choose the stock he will pro- 

 duce, he ought to be doubly considerate 

 how he misapplies a rod of his ground. 



A gardener is none the better for want- 

 ing extravagant implements, but proper 

 ones he ought to have, for being obliged to 

 make shift with one thing for another is a 

 sad loss of time. Hoe, rake, fork, spade, 

 garden line, knife, good strong box-barrow, 

 broom, basket, and dibble ; all these things 

 are necessary. There is also a proper way 

 of keeping them ; they need not be all in 

 morocco cases and mahogany boxes, but at 

 the same time we should like to see them 

 taken somewhat more care of than our artist 

 has bestowed on them. To be plain, a 

 gardener, like a prudent housewife, should 

 have a place for everything, and everything 

 in its place, ivhen not in use. 



DESIGN FOR A SUBURBAN COTTAGE, 



In our last number, we gave a design for a 

 villa of the first class, in point of size and 

 architectural style. The frontispiece to 

 this month, shows a suburban cottage of 

 verjr moderate size, intended to come within 

 the means of those who have only a few 

 hundred dollars to expend in a dwelling, 

 who can afford little ornament, and who 

 still desire to get something comfortable, 

 and agreeable to the eye. 



There is no effort at the ornamental in 

 this design. It is simply getting the most 

 convenient arrangement of the interior, in 

 the most com/pact form, viz., that of a square. 

 The little veranda, formed of lattice work, 

 and intended for vines, is the only decided 

 approach to the ornamental, though the 

 mere projection of the rafters, gives the 



roof something better than the usual com- 

 mon place character. 



This design is intended to be constructed 

 of wood, the weather boarding put on in 

 the vertical manner, described in our first 

 volume, and familiar to most of our readers. 



The plan of the first floor shows a hall, 

 kitchen, parlor and bed-room, — all, indeed, 

 that a family, wishing this kind of cottage, 

 need on the first floor, so snugly arranged 

 that not a step need be lost in the working 

 operations of the family. The entry or 

 hall is larger than is usual in houses of this 

 size ; and the enclosed porch, or back entry, 

 serves to shelter the back door in winter, 

 and might, if preferred, be taken away alto- 

 gether in summer. 



The second story plan shows an upper 



