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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



ture encouraged and patronized by a Pericles ; when, in 

 short, all the splendor of Pagan mythology, and the wisdom 

 of Greek philosophy, were combined to perfect the arts and 

 sciences of that period, and the temples dedicated to the 

 Olympian Jove or the stately Minerva, were redolent with 

 that beauty, which the Greeks worshipped, studied, and so 

 well knew how to embody in material forms. 



As it is admitted, then, that Grecian architecture is 

 intrinsically beautiful in itself, and highly interesting in 

 point of associations, it may be asked what are the 

 objections, if any, to its common introduction into domes- 

 tic Rural Architecture. 



To this we answer, that although this form meagrely 

 copied. Fig. 42, is actually in more common use than any 

 other style in the United States, it is greatly inferior to 

 the Gothic and its modifications in fitness, including under 

 that head all the comforts and conveniences of conrtry 

 life. 



[Fig. 42. Grecian Residence.] 



We have already avowed that we consider fitness and 

 expression of purpose, two leading principles of the first 

 importance in Rural Architecture ; and Grecian archi- 

 tecture ir its pure form, viz. the temple, when applied tc 



