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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
lodges — often simple and but little ornamented, or only 
pleasingly embowered in 
foliage; but, occasional- 
ly, highly picturesque and 
striking in appearance. 
A view of the pretty 
gate lodge at Nether- 
wood, Duchess County 
rP . rp. ~ , T , t >T J N. Y., the seat of Gardi- 
| rig. 58. The Gate Lodge at Nether wood.] 
ner Howland, Esq., is shown in Fig. 58. Half a mile 
north of this seat is an interesting lodge in the Swiss 
style, at the entrance to the residence of Mrs. Sheafe. 
In Fig. 59, is shown an elevation of a lodge in the Italian 
style, with projecting eaves supported by cantilevers or 
brackets, round-headed windows with balconies, character- 
istic porch, and other leading features of this style. 
[Fig. 59. Gate Lodge in the Italian style.] 
Mr. Repton has stated it as a principle in the composition 
of residences, that neither the house should be visible from 
the entrance nor the entrance from the house, if there be 
sufficient distance between them to make the approach 
through varied grounds, or a park, and not immediately 
into a court-yard. 
