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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
He who has a passionate love of pictures and especially fine 
landscapes, will perhaps, very naturally, prefer the modern 
Italian style for a country residence. The wealthy pro- 
prietor, either from the romantic and chivalrous associations 
connected with the baronial castle, or from desire to display 
his own resources, may indulge his fancy in erecting a 
castellated dwelling. The gentleman who wishes to realize 
the beau ideal of genuine old English country residence, 
with its various internal comforts, and its spirited exterior, 
may establish himself in a Tudor villa or mansion ; and the 
lover of nature and rural life, who, with more limited means, 
takes equal interest in the beauty of his grounds or garden, 
(however small,) and his house — who is both an admirer of 
that kind of beauty called the picturesque, and has a lively 
perception of the effect of a happy adaptation of buildings 
to the landscape, — such a person will very naturally make 
choice of the rural cottage style. 
Entrance Lodges are not only handsome architectural 
objects in the scenery of country residences of large size, but 
are in many cases exceedingly convenient, both to the family 
and the guests or visitors having frequent ingress and egress. 
The entrance lodge may further be considered a matter, 
strictly useful, in serving as the dwelling of the gardener or 
farmer and his family. In this point of view, arrangements 
for the comfort and convenience of the inmates should be 
regarded as more important than the fanciful decoration of 
the exterior — as no exterior, however charming, can, to a 
reflective and well regulated mind, apologize for contracted 
apartments, and imperfect light and ventilation, in human 
habitations. 
