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contrive such a variet}- of supports ot' dif- 

 ferent characters, as may be found in a vil- 

 lage ; or which, if not found there, may al- 

 ways be added to thcliousesof it. A great 

 diversity of sudden and singular projections 

 is to be met with in all old houses that 

 have been added to at different times ; but 

 what I principally allude to, are porclies, 

 of which so many models may be taken 

 both from real buildings, and from pictures, 

 AVherever hone3'sucklcs, vines, jasmines, 

 grow over them, they attract and please 

 every eye ; and the same sort of beautiful 

 effect (not indeed more beautiful) would 

 be produced by the less common exotic 

 climbers. 



It seldom happens that the taste of the 

 mere collector of curious plants, and that 

 of the picturesque improver, can be made 

 to accord so well as in this instance. Vil- 

 lage-houses generally afford many warm as- 

 pects and sheltered situations, where the 

 less hardy climbers will flourish, and of 

 course a stih greater number of more ex- 

 posed vfalls and projections, against which 



