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LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 
Pleasing associations are connected with Roman and Ita- 
lian architecture, especially to those who have studied their 
has a cool aspect: the opposite side of the house, including the dining-room, 
parlour, etc., is the favourite quarter in winter, being fully exposed to the genial 
influence of the sunbeams during the absence of foliage at that season. From 
this side of the house, a view is obtained of the pretty suburbs of Burlington, 
studded with neat cottages and gardens. 
In the accompanying plan,^g. 46, a, is the hall ; b, the vestibule ; c, the dining- 
room ; d, the library ; e, the drawing-room ; /, the parlour ; g, Bishop D’s room ; 
h, dressing-room ; i, water closets ; j, bath-room ; &, store-room ; l , principal stairs; 
m , back stairs ; o, conservatory ; p, veranda, etc. 
A small terrace with balustrade, which surrounds the hall door, gives impor- 
tance to this leading feature of the entrance front. The hall, a, is 17 feet square ; 
on the right of the arched entrance is a casement window, opening to the floor, 
occasionally used as a door in winter, when the wind is north. The vestibule 6, 
[Fig. 46. Plan of the Principal Floor.] 
opens from the hall, 17 by 21 feet. In the ceiling of this central apartment is a 
circular opening, with railing in the second story, forming a gallery above, which 
communicates with the different chambers, and affords ventilation to the whole 
house. Over this circular opening is a sky-light in the roof, which, mellowed and 
