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ARCHITECTURE. 



BOOK I. 



rally call in question the use of the parts which gave rise to it, 

 or of which it is composed. 



1st, In the first or lowest style of villas, steps may descend 

 from the door of the garden front into a gravel walk, broad and 

 of a fine surface, and separated from the lawn by a parapet of 

 hewn stone six inches or a foot high ; upon which, at regular 

 distances, are placed stone flower-pots, or vases containing 

 plants or ornamental shrubs. The direction of this low orna- 

 mented parapet should bear a relation to the projections or 

 recesses in the ichnography of the mansion ; the extremities 

 should be concealed by shrubs, or any easy contrivance, such 

 as a seat, a few steps, or by numerous other ways. 



2dly, In the next kind, in place of this low parapet may be 

 erected an elegant balustrade with antique urns placed at re- 

 gular distances ; flowering plants and shrubs may be planted 

 close by the balustrade on the lawn side, which will grow up 

 and intermingle with the balustrade, and tw,ine round these 

 urns. In place of a broad gravel road, let it be neatly paved 

 with flagstone, on which may be set stone pots of plants in pa- 

 rallel rows, &c. 



3dly, In addition to this plan, may be given jet-d'eaus or 

 fountains of different kinds, according to the situation, whether 



