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we should uot otherwise possess. By the employment 

 of wire fences, and some careful planting out of the 

 houses in both places, a great deal of what Nature has 

 done for each, has been appropriated by both. 



We know of no other place where such successful 

 masses of Ehododendrons, Azalias, and Mahonias are 

 grown as here, being on the north side of the house, and 

 getting but little or no sun. The graperies, green-house, 

 and gardens, are extensive, and admirably kept. By 

 means of a steam-engine, water can at any moment be 

 forced into the mansion and an outside reservoir, from 

 which it can be distributed over the gardens. In the 

 comparatively small space of sixteen acres, Mr. Wolcott 

 has every attiibute of a well-kept country place — several 

 lawns, each distinct from the other, with separate and 

 lovely views ; an English flower-garden, a most success- 

 ful vegetable-garden, green-house, grapery, and forcing- 

 house, the most charming views, and no apparent 

 boundary but river and mountain. 



Idlewild — the residence of N. P. Willis, Esq., across 

 the Hudson, some four miles below Newburgh, is a 

 piece of Nature's Landscape Gardening, where the hand 

 of man should not, and, from the good taste of the owner, 

 has not been allowed to appear, except in the necessary 

 buildings. In a work like this, for the purpose of 

 showing the progress of Landscape Gardening, this 

 place should, properly, not be mentioned ; and we refer 

 to it, simply to show how delicate and refined that taste 

 must be which, appi'eciating all that Nature has done 

 with so much prodigality of beauty, as at " Idlewild," 

 has the courage to let her alone. 



In the neighborhood of Philadelphia, there are a 

 great many fine places ; among them is Medary, the 

 residence of Harry IngersoU, Esq. A tasteful and sub- 

 stantial house, built by Notman, we believe, with 

 pleasure-grounds of very considerable extent, and of a 

 pretty, graceful character, softly undulating, and well 



