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residences ; or a portion, where there is considerable land, 

 is appropriated to amateur farming, under the immediate su- 

 perintendence of the proprietor. The ornamental plantations 

 are more limited than in the mansion residence, the pleas- 

 ure-grounds being substituted for the park, which often con- 

 sist only of a wide and handsome lawn, well varied and em- 

 bellished by groups of trees and shrubbery. The house is 

 generally built in a tasteful style, and frequently displays 

 more elegance and variety, though less magnitude than the 

 mansion. 



The Ferine ornee^ or embellished farm, differs from a com- 

 mon farm, in the taste displayed throughout its more fre- 

 quented and conspicuous portions. Sometimes it receives 

 its character from a few groups of fine trees interspersed 

 through the pasture fields, in the near view. In most cases 

 there is an approach road, skirted by plantations ; but in- 

 stead of a professed park, lawn, or pleasure-ground, the mea- 

 dows near the line of the approach, and around the house, 

 are kept in neater order than common tillage requires, — 

 planted with single trees and scattered groups, with other 

 embellishments, to a moderate extent, in portions nearest the 

 eye, when they do not interfere largely with the value and 

 profit of the farm. 



The Cottage ornee is characterized by the smallest extent 

 of ground, which however is well kept. The building is 

 low, and has a neat, decorated, or fanciful air, to which 

 the grounds correspond, being filled with fine shrubs and 

 climbing plants. Here there are neither pleasure-grounds 

 nor meadows, but the pretty garden, or the neat, or pictur- 

 esque orchard immediately surrounds the house ; and the 

 sylvan embellishments are comprised in a few single orna- 

 mental trees, or at most in a few groups of the same. 



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