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colors. A pure white should never be selected, as it harmonizes 

 with nothing about it. The weather-stained tint of old houses 

 offers the most useful lesson possible in the way of harmonious 

 coloring. 



The principle of Style is of great importance, and to this we 

 often see* all other principles of architecture sacrificed. Whatever 

 may be the style adopted, there are certain rules to be observed. 



First, there should be a unity — an adherence to the particular 

 style chosen, without admixture with another. 



Next, there should be uniformity and symmetry in the principle 

 of Style. With the majority of individuals, regularity in a build- 

 ing, such as would be seen in a square house, would be preferable 

 to irregularity, although accompanied with perfect symmetry ; the 

 perception of beauty in the latter requiring a higher cultivation of 

 the taste and imagination. 



Then again, in the adoption of any particular style, we should 

 be guided by its adaptation to the uses intended. Thus the style 

 of the suburban cottage should be simple and unobtrusive, no 

 matter of what material constructed, while that of the villa or 

 mansion may be more elaborate and dignified. The building 

 should also be in unison with the surroundings. If these are quiet 

 and beautiful, partaking of the Mixed or Gardenesque form, then it 

 should correspond by its simplicity of outline, and by a certain 

 refinement and polish. This is perhaps best exhibited in some 

 of the classical modes of architecture, such as the Italian, Tuscan, 

 or Venetian. . 



If on the other hand, the scenery, as well as the adjacent 

 grounds, is wild and picturesque, constituting what we have 

 spoken of as the Picturesque form of landscape gardening, the 

 style of architecture will admit of more irregularity, and of a 

 ruder kind of ornamentation, such as presented by the old P^nglish-, 

 the Swiss, and some forms of Gothic. 



Associated most closely with the ancient or Geometrical form of 

 landscape gardening, are the Italian and Elizabethan styles of 

 architecture. Kemp says,* " Gardening and architecture, like all 

 the fine arts, have much in common. And that department of 

 architecture which belongs more exclusively to the garden, has 

 especially a great aflSnity with gardening in its broader principles. 



* How to lay out a Garden. 



