1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



325 



stories In height, and contains three finished 

 rooms below and three chambers on the sec- 

 ond floo; . 



The vestibule, A, is approached from the 

 terrace through the pointed arch and measures 

 eight feet by nine. The hall, B, is seven feet 

 wide and fifteen feet long, and contains stairs 

 to chambers and cellar. C is the parlor, 

 measuring fourteen by fifteen, the principal 

 feature of which is the bay window on the side 

 opposite the door, overlooking the small flow- 

 er-beds and the side street. The dining or 

 living-room, D, measures also fourteen by fif- 

 teen ; it connects with the veranda by a mul- 

 lioned window reaching to the floor and open- 

 ing like the French window. A closet is pro- 

 vided at the side of the vestibule in the front 

 gable and for china, &c., at the other end of 

 the room, furnished with shelves and drawers. 

 The passage, E, which is also fitted with 

 shelves, communicates directly with the kitch- 

 en, K. This room is thirteen feet square, and 

 is well lighted by two windows. At the left 

 of the chimney a door opens into a large store 

 room, G, and at the right another leads to the 

 pantry, F. We here have a sink and pump, 



with a closet and shelves for tin ware. A door 

 opens directly into the yard. 



On the second floor, the two principal cham- 

 bers measure each twelve by fourteen, and the 

 other, in the gable, ten by thirteen. 



Prices and quality of materials vary so 



greatly that no exact statement of cost of 



building can be given. It might vary from 



: $1800 to $2500 according to locality, and cost 



of lumber and labor. 



To Destroy the Cucumber Bug. — A 

 correspondent writes to the Maryland Far- 

 mer: — "I send you an item, if you think it 

 worth publishing, which effectually protected 

 my melon, squash, cucumber and other vines 

 from that destructive pest, the 'striped or cu- 

 cumber bug,' the past season, with only one 

 application, viz. : a strong solution of hen- 

 house manure — say one peck of the manure to 

 one and a half gallons water — let it stand 

 twenty-four hours, and sprinkle the plants 

 freely with it after sunset. The above was 

 suggested to me by a negro woman living on 

 my place, who has some practical experience 

 in gardening, and says she has used it for 

 years, and has never known the first applica- 

 tion to fail to drive them off, and they never 

 return." 



