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the most magnificent detached conservatories are those of J. 
P. Cushing, Esq., at his elegant seat, Belmont Place , Water- 
town, near Boston ; and that at Montgomery Place, the seat 
of Mrs. Edward Livingston, on the Hudson, Fig. 79. 
A conservatory is frequently made an addition to a rectan- 
gular Grecian villa, as one of its wings — the other being a 
living or bed-room. The more varied and irregular outline 
of Gothic buildings, enables them to receive an appendage of 
this nature with more facility in almost any direction, where 
the aspect is suitable. Whatever be the style of the archi- 
tecture of the house, that of the conservatory should in every 
case conform to it, and evince a degree of enrichment ac- 
cording with that of the main building. 
Though a conservatory is often made an expensive luxury, 
attached only to the better class of residences, there is no 
reason why cottages of more humble character should not 
have the same source of enjoyment, on a more moderate 
scale. A small green-house, or plaid cabinet , as it is some- 
times called, eight or ten feet square, communicating with the 
parlour, and constructed in a simple style, may be erected 
and kept up in such a manner, as to be a source of much 
pleasure, for a comparatively trifling sum ; and we hope soon 
to see in this country, where the comforts of life are more 
equally distributed than in any other, the taste for enjoy- 
ments of this kind extending itself with the means for real- 
izing them, into every portion of the northern and middle 
states. 
Open and covered seats , of various_descriptions, are among 
the most convenient and useful decorations for the pleasure- 
grounds of a country residence. Situated in portions of the 
lawn or park, somewhat distant’from the house, they ofler an 
agreeable place for rest or repose. If there are certain points, 
from which are obtained agreeable prospects or extensive 
