GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. ^7 



** plantation of Scotch firs, may all become 

 " useful in the composition ; not only the 

 " stablesj which often, indeed, rival the man- 

 " sion, and divide the attention, but the 

 " meanest office may be made to contribute 

 " to the character of the whole and to raise, 

 ** not degrade, the principal part. The dif- 

 " ference of expense between good and bad 

 " forms is comparatively trifling — the differ- 

 " ence in their appearance immense." 



When the offices required are of moderate 

 extent, they may be connected with the house 

 by a handsome screen wall, of such height as 

 to hide them altogether : the wall may be 

 partially broken by planting. 



Whilst speaking of the house, I cannot 

 omit a circumstance, the inattention to which 

 has spoiled two thirds of those which I have 

 seen : I allude to the entrance. 



In a Grecian or Italian edifice, it may be 

 essential that the entrance should occupy the 

 centre of one of the fronts ; in which case, I 

 think it equally essential that the living rooms 

 should not be on the same front ; on the 

 contrary, we frequently see the entrance on 

 the south front, and the drawing room or 

 library exposed to the gaze of the servants 



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