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Whatever be the style of the architecture of the house, 

 that of the conservatory should in every case conform to 

 it, and evince a degree of enrichment according with that 

 of the main building. 



Though a conservatory is often made an expensive lux- 

 ury, attached only to the better class of residences, there 

 is no reason why cottages of more humble character should 

 not have the same source of enjoyment on a more moderate 

 scale. A small greenhouse, or plant cabinet, as it is some- 

 times called, eight or ten feet square, communicating with 

 the parlor, and constructed in a simple style, may be 

 erected and kept up in such a manner, as to be a source of 

 much pleasure, for a comparatively trifling sum; and we 

 hope soon to see in this country, where the comforts of 

 life are more equally distributed than in any other, the 

 taste for enjoyments of this kind extending itself with the 

 means for realizing them, into every portion of the northern 

 and middle states. 



Open and covered seats, of various descriptions, are among 

 the most convenient and useful decorations for the pleasure 

 grounds of a country residence. Situated in portions of 

 the lawn or park, somewhat distant from the house, they 

 offer an agreeable place for rest or repose. If there are 

 certain points from which are obtained agreeable prospects 

 or extensive views of the surrounding country, a seat, by 

 designating those points, and by affording us a convenient 

 mode of enjoying them, has a double recommendation to 

 our minds. 



Open and covered seats are of two distinct kinds; one 

 architectural, or formed after artist-like designs, of stone 

 or wood, in Grecian, Gothic, or other forms; which may, 

 if they are intended to produce an elegant effect, have vases 

 on pedestals as accompaniments; the other, rustic, as they 

 are called, which are formed out of trunks and branches of 

 trees, roots, etc., in their natural forms. 



attention the advice of the professional greenhouse builders who may be 

 relied on in matters of this sort, and without whose help no one should 

 undertake to build a private plant. F. A. W. 



