10 THE SITUATION AND STYT,E 



comforts and conveniences ; but as this relates more particularly 

 to the department of architecture, on which numerous books have 

 been published, and as the aid of eminent professors may be procured, 

 it will not be expected that any extensive details upon that sub- 

 ject should here be noticed. However, it may be said, there is 

 scarcely any part of the Architect's duty that requires more care 

 and attention than the selection of a spot well adapted for building 

 either a mansion or a villa. Previously to the erection of a dwell- 

 ing, it is most proper to consult the Architect as to the form and 

 plan of the proposed house, and especially as to the materials ; and, 

 at all times, it would be advantageous to the proprietor, and satis- 

 factory to the Architect, if the Landscape Gardener were consulted 

 upon the most Appropriate situation. The various dependencies and 

 offices appertaining to a country villa, added to the effect that may 

 be produced by well-chosen and picturesque scenery, render ob- 

 vious the propriety of consulting those who have made the art of 

 Lairidscape Gardening, combined with rural improvements and do- 

 mestic conveniences, their peculiar study ; yet how frequently has it 

 occurred, that cottages, villas, and even mansions, have been erected 

 without duly considering these important points. The gross errors 

 and bad judgment frequently conspicuous in new buildings, which 

 of late have become so numerous, are too evident to need being 

 particularised : such errors can only be avoided by duly considering 

 all the required and necessary arrangements previously to the com- 



