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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
ing admirable hints for a class of residence likely to become 
more numerous than any other in this country — the taste- 
ful suburban cottage. The owner of a small cottage resi- 
dence may have almost every kind of beauty and enjoy- 
ment in his grounds that the largest estate will afford, so 
far as regards the interest of trees and plants, tasteful ar- 
rangement, recreation, and occupation. Indeed, we have 
little doubt that he, who directs personally the curve of 
every walk, selects and plants every shrub and tree, and 
watches with solicitude every evidence of beauty and pro- 
gress, succeeds in extracting from his tasteful grounds of 
half a dozen acres, a more intense degree of pleasure, than 
one who is only able to direct and enjoy, in a general 
sense, the arrangement of a vast estate. 
Belmont, the seat of J. P. Cushing, Esq., is a residence 
of more note than any other near Boston ; but this is, 
chiefly, on account of the extensive ranges of glass, the 
forced fruits, and the high culture of the gardens. A new 
and spacious mansion has recently been erected here, and 
the pleasure-grounds are agreeably varied with fine groups 
and masses of trees and shrubs on a pleasing lawn 
(Fig. 8.) 
The seat of Col. Perkins, at Brookline, is one of the 
most interesting in this neighborhood. The very beautiful 
lawn here, abounds with exquisite trees, finely disposed ; 
among them, some larches and Norway firs, with many 
other rare trees of uncommon beauty of form. At a short 
distance is the villa residence of Theodore Lyman, Esq., 
remarkable for the unusually fine avenue of Elms leading 
to the house, and for the beautiful architectural taste dis- 
played in the dwelling itself. The seat of the Hon. John 
