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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



gladly make additions at some subsequent period, could this 

 be done without injuring the effect or beauty of the main 

 building, will, we think, acknowledge how much, even were 

 it in this single point alone, the Italian style is superior to the 

 Grecian for rural residences.* 



[Kie.29. Residence ol Ulthop Doane, Burlington, New-Jersey] 



Pleasing associations are connected with Roman and Ital- 

 ian architecture, especially to those who have studied their 

 effect in all the richness and beauty with which they are in- 

 vested in the countries where they originated ; and they may 



* Riverside Villa, the residence of Bishop Doane, at Burlington, New Jersey, 

 is one of the finest examples of the Itahan style in this country. For the draw- 

 ings from which yigitres 29 and 30 are engraved, and for the following descrip- 

 tion, we are indebted to the able architect, John Notman, Esq., of Philadelphia, 

 from whose designs the whole was constructed. 



The site of this villa is upon the east bank of the Delaware river, near the 

 town of Burlington, and within a few rods of the margin of this lovely stream. 

 In designing it, the architect was desired to combine something of the character 

 of the cottage and mansion, and to afford ample accommodation for the family 



