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tices, consisting mostly of extracts from that excellent paper, 

 the Gardenei''' s Chronicle. 



Landscape Gardening. 



A taste for landscape gardening is gradually extending; 

 and though we may not be able to point out many places 

 of extent where the principles have been fully carried out, 

 we may with pleasure refer to the increased attention which 

 is now very generally devoted to a better arrangement of 

 the grounds, and the plantations of trees, around the villa 

 and cottage residences of the country. 



In planting flower gardens, artistical effect is but little 

 attended to. It is here, however, that amateurs often have 

 the means of making a great deal out of a small spot of 

 ground ; lawns and pleasure grounds are only the accompa- 

 niments of the villa, while the flower garden is an append- 

 age to almost every residence. To lay it out and plant 

 in a judicious manner is consequently an object of im- 

 portance. In the course of our last volume we have not 

 given much in this department, but it is our intention, with 

 the aid of engravings, to offer some hints in the present vol- 

 ume on the best arrangement of small flower gardens, in 

 the different styles now generally adopted. 



RuR.\L Architecture. 



A most perceptible improvement is everywhere apparent 

 in the architecture of cottages and villas. The varied styles 

 of Gothic and Italian have been introduced into the vicinity 

 of our large cities, and the few examples of good taste 

 already erected, have been the means of drawing more 

 attention to architectural embellishment. These, with the 

 assistance of books recently published on the subject, will 

 eventually lead to a greatly improved style of building. 

 Almost everything heretofore, has been modelled after the 

 Grecian style, as it" no other style would afford equal con- 

 veniences, and an equally appropriate appearance. But the 

 change has begun, and when its good effects are duly ap- 

 preciated, we shall hope to see all the varieties of style 

 adopted, by which the beauty of our villages will be greatly 

 enhanced. A serious fault in the erection of houses has 

 been to entrust the whole erection, and too often the entire 



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