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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
or to enjoy the cool breeze — as they admit, to shelter one 
from the sun, of a fanciful awning shade, which may he raised 
or lowered at pleasure. The windows themselves are hold, 
and well marked in outline, being either round-arched at the 
tops, or finished with a heavy architrave. 
All these balconies, arcades, etc., are sources of real pleasure 
in the hotter portions of our year, which are quite equal in 
elevation of temperature to summers of the south of Eu- 
rope ; while by increased thickness of walls, and closeness of 
window fixtures, the houses may also be made of the most 
comfortable description in winter. 
[Fig. 42. Residence of Gov. Morehead, North-Carolina.] 
The Italian chimney-tops, unlike the Grecian, are always 
openly shown and rendered ornamental ; and as we have al- 
ready mentioned, the irregularity in the masses of the edifice 
and shape of the roof, renders the sky outline of a building 
in this style, extremely picturesque. A villa, however small, 
in the Italian style, may have an elegant and expressive cha- 
racter, without interfering with convenient internal arrange- 
ment, while at the same time, this style has the very great 
merit of allowing additions to be made in almost any direc- 
