Doioning''s Gardens and J^urseries. 



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Garden front of Mr. Dowriing's residence. 



We now step Into the hall, a room of ample dimensions, 

 about ten by twelve feet: the floor is laid with marble tile, and 

 fine cabinets of minerals ornament the back, opposite the 

 door. Passing to the left, we enter the drawing-room, which 

 is a handsome apartment, twenty-two by twenty-five feet, 

 with a ribbed ceiling, and at the end a fine bay window. 

 Passing out on the same side as we entered, we reach the li- 

 brary, which occupies the space back of the hall, between the 

 drawing and dining rooms; this is lighted by a bay win- 

 dow eight feet wide; the book cases fit in flush with the wall. 

 We here noticed a complete set of Loudon's works, includ- 

 ing the ^Arboretum Britannicum; copies of the ^^nnales de 

 Fromonl^ and of the horticultural societies of Paris and Ber- 

 lin; a copy of a beautiful French work, L' Ihrbier de V Ama- 

 teur^ in eight octavo volumes, with finely colored plates; and 

 another of a work very rare in this country, HoJJand^s While 

 Knights^ folio, with exquisite etchings of objects in land- 

 scape gardening, rustic seats, &c., together with many other 

 interesting works connected with gardening. The dining- 

 room is entered from the library, and is of nearly the same di- 

 mensions as the drawing-room. The piazza opens from the hall. 



We now pass out on to the lawn In front, where a magnifi- 

 cent and enchanting view is obtained. The Fishkill Moun- 



