LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
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In this country no architectural feature is more plainly 
expressive of purpose in our dwelling-houses than the 
veranda , or piazza. The unclouded splendor and fierce 
heat of our summer sun, render this very general appendage 
a source of real comfort and enjoyment ; and the long 
veranda round many of our country residences siand« 
instead of the paved terraces of the English mansions as 
the place for promenade ; while during the warmer portions 
of the season, half of the days or evenings are there passed 
in the enjoyment of the cool breezes, secure under low 
roofs supported by the open colonnade, from the solar rays, 
or the dews of night. The obvious utility of the veranda 
in this climate (especially in the middle and southern states) 
will, therefore, excuse its adoption into any style of archi- 
tecture that maybe selected for our domestic uses, although 
abroad, buildings in the style in question, as the Gothic, for 
example, are not usually accompanied by such an append- 
age. An artist of the least taste or invention will easily 
compose an addition of this kind, that will be in good 
keeping with the rest of the edifice. 
These various features, or parts of the building, with 
many others which convey expression of purpose in 
domestic architecture, because they recall to the mind the 
different uses to which they are applied, and the several 
enjoyments connected with them, also contribute greatly 
to the interest of the building itself, and heighten its good 
effect as part of a harmonious whole, in the landscape. 
The various projections and irregularities, caused by 
verandas, porticos, etc., serve to connect the otherwise 
square masses of building, by gradual transition with the 
ground about it. 
The reader, who thus recognizes features as expressive 
