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more likely to be successful are the efforts of him, who, in 

 composing and constructing a rural residence, calls in to 

 the aid of architecture, the genius of the landscape ; — 

 whose mind is imbued with a taste for beautiful scenery, 

 and who so elegantly and ingeniously engrafts art upon 

 nature, as to heighten her beauties ; while by the 

 harmonious union he throws a borrowed charm around 

 his own creation. 



The English, above all other people, are celebrated for 

 their skill in what we consider rural adaptation. Their 

 residences seem to be a part of the scenes where they are 

 situated ; for their exquisite taste and nice perception of 

 the beauties of Landscape Gardening and rural scenery, 

 lead them to erect those picturesque edifices, which, by 

 their varied outlines, seem in exquisite keeping with 

 nature ; while by the numberless climbing plants, shrubs, 

 and fine ornamental trees with which they surround them, 

 they form beautiful pictures of rural beauty. Even the 

 various offices connected with the dwelling, partially 

 concealed by groups of foliage, and contributing to the 

 expression of domestic comfort, while they extend out, 

 and give importance to the main edifice, also serve to 

 connect it, in a less abrupt manner, with the grounds. 



The leading principles which should be our guide in 

 Landscape or Rural Architecture, have been condensed 

 by an able writer in the following heads. "1st, As a 

 useful art, in fitness for the end in view : 2d, as an 

 art of design in expression of purpose : 3d, as an art 

 of taste, in expression of some particular architec- 



TURA^ STYLE." 



The niost enduring and permanent source of satisfaction 

 in house? is, undoubtedly, utility. In a country residence, 



