DESIGN FOR A VILLA IN THE ITALIAN STYLE. 



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feet high, with a remarkably straight stem, 

 and dense and handsome foliage. The 

 wood is said to be very hard, and elastic, 

 and " withstands the most terrific winds or 

 monsoons which sometimes devastate that 

 country. It is employed in China for the 

 high poles, which are everywhere placed 

 at the dwellings of mandarins, to denote 

 their rank, where it lasts fur ages." 



The Japan Cedar is said to be as hardy in 

 England as the Deodar Cedar. As the lat- 

 ter tree, even in young specimens, has, in 

 this country, withstood without injury a 

 winter lemp-.Tature of 6° below the zero of 

 Fahrenheit, we may safely say that the 

 Japan Cedar, or Cryptomeria, will endure 

 the winters of the middle states, and pos- 

 sibly those of the eastern states, in proper 

 situations, i. e., those sheltered from sudden 

 thawin^s in winter. 



The soil considered most favorable to the 

 growth of this tree, is a sandy loam, mixed 

 with some peat or leaf-mould. Those in- 

 clined to plant it where there is doubt of 

 its standing the winter, will take care that 

 the subsoil is well drained when preparing 

 to plant it. 



This tree is, of course, yet very scarce in 

 this country. Plants about a foot high may, 

 however, be obtained of Buisx, Paesons, 

 and other leading nurserymen. Ellwang- 

 ER & Barry have also, we notice, imported 

 a few for sale, and for trial, in the interior 

 of this state. Every amateur will be glad 

 to make trial of a tree that promises to add 

 so much to the beauty of our lawns and 

 pleasure grounds ; and we hope, in another 

 season, the Japan Cedar, if found quite 

 hardy, will be imported, so as to be af- 

 forded at a moderate price in our nurseries. 



DESIGN FOR A VILLA EST THE ITALIAN STYLE. 



We present our readers, in the frontispiece 

 of this number, with a design for a villa, 

 in the Italian style. 



It is a symmetrical and handsome eleva- 

 tion, suitable for an open country, and de- 

 mands the support of foliage, and pictu- 

 resque scenery, much less than an edifice 

 in a more irregular style. 



The entrance front is that opposite to the 

 view shown in the elevation. The promi- 

 nent feature in the front, shown in the 

 frontispiece, is the arcade, (or large broad 

 " piazza,") so spacious as to form a fine 

 apartment for summer use. Its connection 

 with the saloon, the finest apartment of the 

 principal floor, gives an elegance to the ar- 

 rangement of this floor seldom found in 

 villas of this size, and peculiarly suited to 

 some of our fine river sites in the middle 

 states. 



Fig. 53.— Plan of the Chamber Floor. 



