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LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



SECTION IX. 



LANDSCAPE OR RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



Difference between a city and a country house. The characteristic features of a. country 

 house. Examination of the leading principles in Rural Architecture. The different 

 styles. The Grecian style, its merits and defects, and its associations. The Roman and 

 Italian styles. The Pointed or Gothic style. The Tudor Mansion. The English 

 Cottage, or Rural Gothic style. These styles considered in relation to situation 01 

 scenery. Individual tastes. Entrance Lodges. 



" A house amid the quiet country's shade,s, 

 With length'ning vistas, ever sunny glades ; 

 Beauty and fragrance clustering o'er the wall, 

 A porch inviting, and an ample hall." 



R C H I T E C T U R E , 



either practically considered 

 or viewed as an art of taste, 

 is a subject so important and 

 comprehensive in itself, that 

 volumes would be requisite 

 to do it justice. Buildings of every description, from the 

 humble cottage to the lofty temple* are objects of such 

 constant recurrence in every habitable part of the globe, 

 and are so strikingly indicative of the intelligence, 

 character, and taste of the inhabitants, that they possess 

 in themselves a great and peculiar interest for the mind. 

 To have a "local habitation," a permanent dwelling, 

 that we can give the impress of our own mird, and 

 identify with our own existence, appears to be the 

 ardent wish, sooner or later felt, of every man : excepting 



