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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



lodges often simple and but little ornamented, or only 



pleasingly embowered in 

 foliage ; but, occasional- 

 SSlSiHS^f ly highly picturesque and 

 striking in appearance. 



A view of the pretty 

 gate lodge at Nether- 

 wood, Duchess County 



N ' Y " ttl6 S6at f 



The Gate Lodge a, Ne.herwood.) 



ner Howland, Esq., is shown in Fig. 58. Half a mile 

 north of this seat is an interesting lodge in the Swiss 

 style, at the entrance to the residence of Mrs. Sheafe. 



In Fig. 59, is shown an elevation of a lodge in the Italian 

 style, with projecting eaves supported by cantilevers or 

 brackets, round-headed windows with balconies, character- 

 istic porch, and other leading features of this style. 



[Fig. 59. Gate Lodge iu the Italian style.] 



Mr. Repton has stated it as a principle in the composition 

 of residences, that neither the house should be visible from 

 the entrance nor the entrance from the house, if there be 

 sufficient distance between them to make the approach 

 through varied grounds, or a park, and not immediately 

 into a court-yard. 



