392 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Whatever be the style of the architecture of the house, 

 that of the conservatory should in every case conform 

 to it, and evince a degree of enrichment according with 

 that of the main building. 



Though a conservatory is often made an expensive 

 luxury, attached only to the better class of residences, there 

 is no reason why cottages of more humble character 

 should not have the same source of enjoyment on a more 

 moderate scale. A small green-house, or plant cabinet, as 

 it is sometimes called, eight or ten feet square, communi- 

 cating with the parlor, and constructed in a simple style, 

 may be erected and kept up in such a manner, as to be a 

 source of much pleasure, for a comparatively trifling sum ; 

 and we hope soon to see in this country, where the com- 

 forts of life are more equally distributed than in any other, 

 the taste for enjoyments of this kind extending itself with 

 the means for realizing them, into every portion of the 

 northern and middle States. 



Open and covered seats, of various descriptions, are 

 among the most convenient and useful decorations for the 

 pleasure-grounds of a country residence. Situated in por- 

 tions of the lawn or park, somewhat distant from the 

 house, they offer an agreeable place for rest or repose. If 

 there are certain points from which are obtained agreeable 

 prospects or extensive views of the surrounding country, a 

 seat, by designating those points, and by affording us a 

 convenient mode of enjoying them, has a double recom- 

 mendation to our minds. 



Open and covered seats are of two distinct kinds ; one 

 architectural, or formed after artist-like designs, of stone 

 or wood, in Grecian, Gothic, or other forms ; which may, 

 if they are intended to produce an elegant effect, have 



