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the lawn, and the plantations. Indeed, it should be 

 always remembered that rustic architecture is a feature 

 of the grounds which should never be introduced except 

 when, as in the case of roads and paths, its practical 

 advantages become evidently paramount. 

 It is well to bear in mind always, in designing alike 



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the arrangement of the smallest village lot and the fin- 

 est country place or public park, that the presence of 

 a wood, stone, or brick structure will, in the nature of 

 things, produce a certain dissatisfaction when we find 

 that we must accept it in place of more natural objects, 

 for the simple reason that no architect can, in the humble 

 opinion of the author, design a building that is in itself 

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