VI CONTENTS. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



PAGB 



I. TIIE PHILOSOPHY OF RURAL TASTE . . . 101 



II. THE BEAUTIFUL IN GROUND . . . . 106 



III. HINTS TO RURAL IMPROVERS . . . . .110 



IV. A FEW HINTS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING . . . 119 

 V. ON THE MISTAKES OF CITIZENS IN COUNTRY LIFE . .123 



VL CITIZENS RETIRING TO THE COUNTRY . . . . 131 



VII. A TALK ABOUT PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS . . . 138 



VIII. THE NEW- YORK PARK . . .... 147 



IX. PUBLIC CEMETERIES AND PUBLIC GARDENS . . . 154 



X. HOW TO CHOOSE A SlTE FOR A COUNTRY-SEAT . . 160 



XL HOW TO ARRANGE COUNTRY PLACES . . . .166 



XII. THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE COUNTRY PLACES . 172 



XIIL COUNTRY PLACES IN AUTUMN . . . . .177 



XIV. A CHAPTER ON LAWNS . . . . 181 



XV. MR, TUDOR'S GARDEN AT NAHANT . . . .188 



XVI. A VISIT TO MONTGOMERY PLACE . . . . 192 



RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



I. A FEW WORDS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE . . . 205 



II. MORAL INFLUENCE OF GOOD HOUSES .... 209 



ILL A FEW WORDS ON OUR PROGRESS IN BUILDING . . 214 



IV. COCKNEYISM IN THE COUNTRY ..... 224 



V. ON THE IMPROVEMENTS OF COUNTRY VILLAGES . . 229 

 VL OUR COUNTRY VILLAGES ..... 236 



VIL ON SIMPLE RURAL COTTAGES .... 244 



VIIL ON THE COLOR OF COUNTRY HOUSES . . . 252 



IX. A SHORT CHAPTER ON COUNTRY CHURCHES . . . 260 



X. A CHAPTER ON SCHOOL-HOUSES ..... 265 

 XL How TO BUILD ICE-HOUSES , ,271 



XH. THE FAVORITE POISON OF AMERICA . . . ,278 



TREES. 



L THE BEAUTIFUL IN A TREE .... 289 



II. How TO POPULARIZE THE TASTE FOR PLANTING 293 



