352 Longevity of the Rose. 
with a rich fresco paper, the principal pannels of which represen. 
the four seasons. The ceiling is of rich arabesque mouldings of 
white and gold. The mantels are of the purest Italian statuary 
marble, conforming in their style to the architecture of the 
building. The large folding doors opening into the hall and 
dining room, which are of plate mirror pannels, on each side, 
multiply infinitely, this beautiful apartment. 
Throwing open the mirrored doors, you enter the dining room, 
a striking contrast to the drawing-room*. It is perfectly square. 
The walls are covered with a paper of dark English oak, the rich 
pannels of which represent the three fine arts, music, painting 
and poetry. 
^ The dining room, intended for forty persons, opens upon a rich 
conservatory, domed with stained glass, and is of convenient ac- 
cess to the kitchen and pantries. 
Opposite the drawing room is the Chinese library, the walls of 
which are covered with Chinese landscapes in oil, done expressly 
for the measure of this room by one of the best artists in Paris. 
Contiguous to the library are the family apartments, bed rooms, 
dressing rooms, and conservatory. 
The second story is occupied with sumptuously furnished cham- 
bers, a picture room, filled with rare and beautiful paintings and 
engravings, and especially with every thing connected with Na- 
poleon, and forming a passage to the bijou apartment of the villa, 
the private study of the proprietor, the walls and ceiling of 
which are hung with the richest orange satin, with curtains and 
furniture of corresponding richness and elegance. Adjoining this 
is a bathing room, with plunge and shower bath, and furnished 
like all the chambers with hot and cold water. 
The whole establishment cost, complete, the sum of $150,000, 
a large portion of which has been paid out in the city of Bridge- 
port, and giving employment to some five hundred artizans, and 
laborers. — Farmer and Mechanic. 
Longevity of the Rose. — There is a rose-bush flourishing at the 
residence of A. Mcllvane, near Bristol, Pa., known to be more 
than a hundred years old. In the year 1742, there was a kitchen 
built, which encroached on the corner of the garden, and the 
masons' laid the coroer stone with great care, saying " it was a 
pity to destroy so fine a bush." Since then it has never failed to 
produce a profusion of flowers, shedding around the most delicate 
of all perfumes. — Selected. 
