RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
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more likely to be successful are the efforts of him, who, in 
composing and constructing a rural residence, calls in tc 
the aid of architecture, the genius of the landscape ; — 
whose mind is imbued with a taste for beautiful scenery, 
and who so elegantly and ingeniously engrafts art upon 
nature, as to heighten her beauties ; while by the 
harmonious union he throws a borrowed charm around 
his own creation. 
The English, above all other people, are celebrated for 
their skill in what we consider rural adaptation. Their 
residences seem to be a part of the scenes where they are 
situated ; for their exquisite taste and nice perception of 
the beauties of Landscape Gardening and rural scenery, 
lead them to erect those picturesque edifices, which, by 
their varied outlines, seem in exquisite keeping with 
nature ; while by the numberless climbing plants, shrubs, 
and fine ornamental trees with which they surround them, 
they form beautiful pictures of rural beauty. Even the 
various offices connected with the dwelling, partially 
concealed by groups of foliage, and contributing to the 
expression of domestic comfort, while they extend out, 
and give importance to the main edifice, also serve to 
connect it, in a less abrupt manner, with the grounds. 
The leading principles which should be our guide in 
Landscape or Rural Architecture, have been condensed 
by an able writer in the following heads. “1st, As a 
useful art, in fitness for the end in view : 2d, as an 
art of design in expression of purpose : 3d, as an art 
of taste, in expression of some particular architec- 
tural style.” 
The most enduring and permanent source of satisfaction 
in house? is, undoubtedly, utility. In a country residence, 
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