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combine well with the rugged and spirited character of the 

 surrounding objects. To place such a building in this coun- 

 try on a smooth surface in the midst of fertile plains, would 

 immediately be felt to be bad taste by every one, as from the 

 style not having been before our eyes from childhood, as it is 

 in Europe, we immediately refer back to its original purpo- 

 ses, viz. those of security and defence. 



The Tudor and Rural Gothic styles are, in themselves, 

 as we have already shown, highly picturesque ; and they 

 are, therefore, most happily exhibited in connection with 

 picturesque scenery. In home landscapes, this kind of scene- 

 ry may be almost created by planting spiry-top't trees, as the 

 larch, various pines and firs, and those round-headed trees 

 which have a spirited outline, for example the oak ; and by 

 a certain picturesque method of grouping objects, and the 

 general disposition of the demesne. 



A blind partiality for any one style in building is detri- 

 mental to the progress of improvement, both in taste and 

 comfort. Individuals of different means, possessing various 

 tastes, or situated in dissimilar portions of a country, will 

 naturally have different wants, and expect different enjoy- 

 ments in a country residence ; and it is only by the means 

 of a number of distinct styles, that such a diversity of tastes 

 can be accommodated. There will always be a large class 

 of individuals in every country who prefer a plain square 

 house because it is more economical, and because they have 

 no feeling for architectural, or indeed any other species of 

 beauty. But beside such, there will always be found some 

 men of finer natures, who have a sympathetic appreciation 

 of the beautiful in nature and art. Among these, the clas- 

 sical scholar and gentleman, may, from association and the 

 love of antiquity, prefer a villa in the Grecian or Roman 



