354 Remarks on Labourers'' Dwellings. 
That labourers in general, and operati\'e manufacturei-s, but more 
especially the peasantry, in many parts of Great-Britain and Ireland, 
are ill-provided with comfortable dwellings, is a point, that has long 
been established beyond all contradiction. That the many treatises 
on cottage economy, and other subjects connected with the peasantry ; 
and the various works already published on cottage and rural archi- 
tecture, from their very high prices, may n-at be within the reach of 
one-fifth of the readers of the Horticultural Register, is not only pro- 
bable — but certain : these, therefore, are the apologies I offer to your 
readers, for touching a subject which has engrossed the attention of 
so many wise men ; whose pens and pencils are ever devoted to the 
public good. 
The accompanying design, [fig. 53] consists of two houses united, 
for the reasons before given. In each house, a, is the entrance; b, 
kitchen; e, wash-house; rf, closet under stairs ; e, coal or wood house; 
/, pigstye ; g, privy ; h, stand for bee-hives ; i, in the smaller house, 
pantry. The wash-houses, &c, are lean-to's. 
This building, of course, is more adapted for a situation among 
rural scenery, than for a manufacturing tow^n or village ; and, althoTigh, 
I have been frequently led to think there is a great deal of quackery 
about the terms, " landscape gardening," and "picturesque \dllao-e 
scenery," at the same time, I must confess, that the design here given, 
is best calculated for a situation where the ground is greatly elevated 
above the surrounding surface ; and especially in such a situation, that 
the irregular form of the roof may be seen against the sky. 
A building, with a plain, square, horizontal roof, in order to harmo- 
nize with the adjacent scenery, should be placed in a situation where 
the back-ground would be seen over the roof, in a varied outline of 
hills or ti-ees. In the erection of cottages, however, we should be 
greatly assisted in producing that harmonious and picturesque effect, 
so much desired, did we but pay strict attention to the beauties we 
find in many parts of the country — produced by Nature : these, very 
frequently, give a degree of characteristic simplicity, which is superior 
to design, and baffles Art. When the fore-ground of a cottage is 
well arranged with broken ascents and rugged pathways ; together 
with something bold and expressive, such as rocks, large trees, &c. 
it is of much consequence in producing a pleasant effect. 
Noblemen and gentlemen who spend so much money in improving 
their pleasure-gi'ounds, &c. ought never to forget, that the cottages on 
their domains, form a part, and that too, a very interesting part, of the 
whole scenery, and therefore they ought not to be neglected; even were 
the comforts and happiness of the peasantiy, a secondary consideration. 
In attempting to produce a good picturesque effect, on gentlemen's 
estates, it has always been a lamentable oversight, that the architect 
