ESSAY II. 



EXTERNAL DECORATIONS. 



In treating upon the fitness of external decorations to villas, it 

 is proposed to consider such as may rather be termed horticultural, 

 than architectural appendages ; as the veranda, the green-house, the 

 conservatory, &c. Ornaments of this description, if appropriately 

 arranged, at all times appear interesting ; and, while they contribute 

 to improve the beauty of the scenery, they afford occupation and 

 amusement to the inmates, and are requisite in the grounds of 

 the mansion and the villa. 



A veranda of proper height, judiciously surrounding a dwelling, 

 produces a pleasing effect from without : it yields shelter from the 

 rays of the sun in summer, and protection from rains in winter ; it 

 affords also an agreeable covered walk, which may be enlivened by 



