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good taste to erect expensive columns, pilasters, and entablatures 

 against a cottage of this kind, in the style of the temples of the 

 ancient Greeks. 



8. A wooden or mud-walled cottage, covered with a tiltd pr 



llate roof, is at variance with congruity; because the walls are con- 

 structed of less durable raateri: Is. On the other hand, walls built of 

 brick, or stone, supporting a roof of wooden shingles, or tha.tch, are 

 equally at variance with consistency and sound taste. So it may be 

 said of rustic wooden pillars supporting solid mason work, as well as 

 of stone pillars sustaining nothing but wood. 



9. The color of a farm cottage should be such as will be the 

 most pleasing to the eye, and produce at the same time the most 

 harmonious effect in landscape scenery. In general, light, warm 

 tints of various kinds, are to be preferred, such as straw color, yellow, 

 reddish brown, lead color, and where a strong contrast is desirable 

 with the back ground, chocolate color, or white. A safe rule to be 

 observed by those who practice this art, is to paint every object in 

 such a manner as will show at once the materials whereof it is com- 

 posed — whether they be wood, plaster, iron, bricks, or stones. 



10. An architectural expression may be given to cottages by 

 projecting bases and wall plates; and an architectural style may be 

 conveyed by the forms of the mouldings in window frames, door 

 pannels, chimney tops, &c., and in general, by the lines, angles, and 

 forms of the windows and roofs. 



11. Every cottage should contain a verandah, portico, or entrance 

 porch, contiguous to the entry, lobby, or hall; for, a porch, or veran- 

 dah, shelters the entrance from wind, snow or rain, besides adding 

 comfort to the interior. In constructing an open portico or porch, 

 the floor may be paved with tiles, or flag stones, and the ceiling, if 

 there are rooms above, should be plastered and overlaid with mortar, 

 Of cement, to keep out the cold. 



12. Verge boards, or wind skews, which are confined to the gable 

 ends of cottages, for preventing the wind from displacing the mate- 

 rials of the roof, are more expressive of their object when formed of 

 plain mouldings, than when they are weakened in appearance by 

 childish carvings, 



13. The windows of a cottage, when made large and high, with 

 •lear glass, give an expression of cheerfulness in the interior, partic- 



