52 ' LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



of residence on the river. At Hastings, four or five miles 

 south, is the agreeable seat of Judge Constant. 



About twelve miles from New York, on the Sound, is 

 Hunter s Island, the seat of John Hunter, Esq., a place of 

 much simplicity and dignity of character. The whole 

 island may be considered an extensive park carpeted with 

 soft lawn, and studded with noble trees. The mansion is 

 simple in its exterior, but internally, is filled with rich 

 treasures of art. The seat of James Munroe, Esq., on the 

 East river in this neighborhood, abounds with beautiful 

 trees, and many other features of interest. 



The Cottage residence of William H. Aspinwall, Esq., on 

 Staten Island, is a highly picturesque specimen of Land- 

 scape Gardening. The house is in the English cottage 

 style, and from its open lawn in front, the eye takes in a 

 wide view of the ocean, the Narrows, and the blue hills of 

 Neversink. In the rear of the cottage, the surface is 

 much broken and varied, and finely wooded and planted. 

 In improving this picturesque site, a nice sense of the 

 charm of natural expression has been evinced ; and the 

 sudden variations from smooth open surface, to wild 

 wooden banks, with rocky, moss-covered flights of steps, 

 strike the stranger equally with surprise and delight. A 

 charming greenhouse, a knotted flower-garden, and a 

 pretty, rustic moss-house, are among the interesting points 

 of this spirited place. (See Fig. 8.) 



The seat of the Wads worth family, at Geneseo, is the 

 finest in the interior of the state of New York. Nothing, 

 indeed, can well be more magnificent than the meadow park 

 at Geneseo. It is more than a thousand acres in extent, 

 lying on each side of the Genesee river, and is filled with 

 thousands of the noblest oaks and elms, many of which, but 



