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FARM BUILDINGS. 
the United States. We mention this because it is 
our wish to have our friends see them, assured that 
when they shall become better acquainted with their 
character, many will be induced to obtain and grow 
a few plants. 
The nursery of the brothers Cels is among the 
largest in the vicinity of the capital, and certainly 
one of the best. In some respects they have a rival 
in Monsieur Paillet of the me d’Austerlitz, whose 
collection is very good, kept in excellent order, and 
embraces some very fine things. This gentleman 
has a most excellent assortment of roses grown in 
pots, a mode that has of late called forth much atten¬ 
tion, and to be recommended for adoption to a certain 
extent in all horticultural establishments. The prin¬ 
cipal rose growers about Paris are M. M. LafFay, a 
Bellevue, mont des Capucins ; Leveque Rene, boule¬ 
vard d’Hopital 46 ; Gauthier, quai d’Orsay, avenue 
de Suffren; Margottin, me des Trois Ormes, No. 5, 
boulevard de la Gare; Roblin, rue Notre-Dame des 
Champs, 47, and Verdier. 
The Roses most in demand during the summer of 
1844, and which will be scarce for some time to 
come, are—La Reine, Iolande d’Arragon, Comte 
d’Eau, Pauline Levaniem, Thiabault, and JDr. Marjo- 
lin, all Hybrid Perpetuals. Noisette, Cloth of Gold. 
Bourbons —Comte de Rambuteau, Dumont du Cour- 
sit, Imperatrice Josephine, Madame Souchet, Prin- 
cesse Clementine, Souchet, and Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison, which last with La Reine, are two of the 
most elegant Roses ever grown. W. W. V. 
Horticultural Gardens , ) 
Flushing, L. I. Dec. 15, 1844. > 
P. S. Persons who are desirous of procuring any or 
all of the above splendid roses, can be furnished with 
fine healthy young plants in May or June, at $2 and 
$3 each. Orders will be attended to if addressed 
(post paid) to Mr. M. I. Howard, Horticultural Gar¬ 
dens, Flushing, L. I., stating where and how they 
shall be sent. From unknown correspondents, a 
remittance or satisfactory reference is required. 
The proprietor will at all times be pleased to re¬ 
ceive the visits of his friends, and others who are 
interested in horticultural affairs. 
FARM BUILDINGS. 
According to my promise, I send you a plan and 
description of the farm buildings I have been erecting 
on my place, together with the barn, and its sheds 
recently completed. I do not say that these buildings 
are perfect in this plan, but for the accommodation 
of the farm on which they are located they are as 
convenient as I could wish. The barn and its appen¬ 
dages have been in use about eight years; the other 
buildings two years, so that I have had a pretty 
good opportunity of testing them. 
The house is plain and cheap, yet withal present¬ 
ing a pretty and rural appearance ; and when its 
fruit and ornamental trees and shrubbery are grown, 
it will wear an aspect of repose, and have a home¬ 
like appearance—the great requisites of a farm dwell¬ 
ing. For a tenant house on a large estate, or a mod¬ 
erate farmer, it is equal to all useful purposes ; and 
although the plan might be changed as fancy may 
suggest, more conveniences than this combines will 
hardly be found in the same compass. 
Black Rock, Dec. 1844. L. F. Allen. 
Explanation of Figure 2. 
A, dwelling-house, of 
which there will be a com¬ 
plete description, together 
with explanatory cuts in 
the February number. 
B, wash-room. 
C, wood-house, 
D, work-shop. 
E, wagon, cart, and 
sleigh-house. 
F, horse-barn. 
G, stables for bull, ox¬ 
en, or other animals. 
H, barn with stables, 
threshing-floor, hay and 
grain lofts, &c., &c. 
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Explanation of Figure 3. 
A, dwelling-house 34 
feet front by 38 rear; front 
part 34 by 22; one and a 
half stories high. Leanto, 
16 feet wide, one story 
high. 
1, piazza, from which 
the door opens into an en¬ 
try in the centre of the 
house 8 by 4. 
2, sitting or eating-room 
18 by 15. 
3, parlor 22 by 15. 
4, bed-room 12 by 9. 
5, buttery and kitchen- 
closet 12 by 7. 
6, kitchen 22 by 16, with 
fire-place, oven, sink, pump 
from cistern below, &c.; 
in the rooms 2 and 3, are 
fire places, and beyond 
them are 3 closets which 
open respectively into 2, 3, 
and 6, for their separate ac¬ 
commodation ; at the right 
of these closets is the 
chamber stair-way at one 
end, and the cellar stair¬ 
way at the other end. 
B, at 10, wash-room 22 
by 16 feet, with boiler. 
The dot in front of this is 
a well. 
C, at 11, woodhouse 42 
by 14 ft, the roof on a lev¬ 
el with wash-room with the 
same pitch as the kitchen 
12, privy in the rear. 
D, at 13, workshop 22 
by 14 feet, one and a half 
stories high; the roof being 
raised above the wood- 
house. 
E, at a, wagon, cart and 
sleigh-house 36 by 22 feet; 
one and a half stories high, with poultry-house over 
head. This, like the wash-room, wood-house, and 
workshop, has a shed roof declining to the rear. 
Front Elevation of Farm Buildings.—F ig. 2 
