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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Whatever be the style of the architecture of the house, 
that of the conservatory should in every case conform 
to it, and evince a degree of enrichment according 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 plant cabinet, as 
it is sometimes called, eight or ten feet square, communi- 
cating with the parlor, 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 com- 
forts of life are more equally distributed than in any other, 
the taste for enjoyments of this kind extending itself with 
the means for realizing 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 por- 
tions of the lawn or park, somewhat distant from the 
house, they offer an agreeable place for rest or repose. If 
there are certain points from which are obtained agreeable 
prospects or extensive views of the surrounding country, a 
seat, by designating those points, and by affording us a 
convenient mode of enjoying them, has a double recom- 
mendation to our minds. 
Open and covered seats are of two distinct kinds ; one 
architectural, or formed after artist-like designs, of stone 
or wood, in Grecian, Gothic, or other forms ; which may, 
if they are intended to produce an elegant effect, have 
