316 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



land of painters and of the fine arts, where the imagination, 

 the fancy, and taste, still revel in a world of beauty and grace. 

 The great numbers of elegant forms which have grown 

 out of this long cultivated feeling for the beautiful in the fine 

 arts, in the shape of fine vases, statues, and other ornaments 

 which harmonize with, and are so well adapted to enrich, 



opens from the hall, 17 by 21 feet. In the coiling of this central apartment is a 

 circular opening, with railing in the second stor)', forming a gallery above, which 

 communicates with the different chambers, and affords ventilation to the whole 

 house. Over this circular opening is a sky-light in the roof, which, mellowed and 

 softened by a second coloured one below it, serves to light the vestibule. From 

 the vestibule we enter the dining-room, c, 17 by 25 feet. The fine vista through 

 the hall, vestibule, and dining-room, 70 feet in length, is here terminated by the 

 bay-window at the extremity of the dining-room, which, through the balcony, 

 opens on the lawn, varied by groups of shrubbery. On the left side of the ves- 

 tibule, through a wide circular headed opening, we enter upon the principal 

 stairs, I. This opening is balanced by a recess on the opposite side of the ves- 

 tibule. From the latter, a door also opens into the library, d, and another into 

 the drawing-room, e: offering, by a window in the library, in a line with these 

 doors, another fine vista in this direction. The library, 18 by 30 feet, and 16 

 feet high, is fitted up in the most superb and tasteful manner, and completely 

 filled with choice books. The bay-window, seen on the left in the perspective 

 view,^g'. 29, is a prominent feature in this room, admitting through its coloured 

 panes a pleasing, subdued light, in keeping with the character of the apartment. 

 The drawing-room is 19 by 30 feet, with an enriched panneled ceiling 15 feet 

 high. At the extremity of this apartment, the veranda, p, with a charming 

 view, affords an agreeable lounge in summer evenings, cooled by the breeze from 

 the river. From the drawing-room, a glazed door opens to the conservatory, o, 

 and another door to the parlour,/. The latter is 18 by 20 feet, looking across 

 the lawn and into the conservatory. Among the minor details are a china closet, 

 r, and a butler's closet, s, in the dining-room ; through the latter, the dishes are 

 carried to and from the kitchen, larder, etc The smaller passage leading from 

 the main staircase, opens to the store-room, k, and other apartments already 

 designated, and communicates, by the back stairs, m, with the servants' cham- 

 bers, placed over this part of the house, apart from those in the main body of 

 the edifice. The large kitchen area, t, is sunk one story, by which the noise 

 and smells of the kitchen, situated under the dining-room, are entirely excluded 

 from the principal story. In this sunk story, are also a wash-room, scullery, 

 and ample room for cellarage, wine, coals, etc. A forcing-pump supplies the 

 whole house with water from the river ; and in the second story are eight prin- 

 cipal chambers, averaging 360 square feet each, making in all 25 rooms in the 

 house, of large size. 



