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FARM AND VILLA OF MR. COLT. 
France, presented by the Dfike of Polignac to 
General D’Evereux, and placed here with his friend, 
Mr. Colt. The lakes are dotted with little islands 
and promontories for the accommodation of the 
water fowl. Here flourish the magnolia glauca 
and flowering shrubs. North and east of the lakes 
is a wide cranberry patch, and the fruit and vege¬ 
table gardens, which are ample and well stocked. 
The remainder of the enclosure is a park planted 
with every variety of foreign and native fruit and 
forest trees, which could be conveniently obtained, 
and that will grow in this climate. The whole is 
to be enclosed with a handsome stone wall, eight feet 
high, a small part of the line of which is already 
laid. Around this, within, is planted a thick belt of 
trees; so that, when grown, the wail will be hid 
from sight. At the northeast side is a gateway and 
rustic lodge; at the southwest another gateway, witii 
a castellated gothic lodge. 
On the border of the gardens, near the lower 'akc, 
stands a handsome cottage for the gardener, and at¬ 
tached to it is a grapery 80 feet by 20. West of the 
lower lake is a beautiful cottage. This is the sum¬ 
mer retreat of General D’Evereux, who so generously 
raised an Irish legion of 5,000 men in 1819, trans¬ 
ported them to South America, and under the patriot 
Bolivar, gallantly assisted to achieve the independ¬ 
ence of the provinces of Columbia and Venezuela. 
No cross fence is allowed to mar the view within the 
enclosure. The trees and shrubbery are planted sin¬ 
gle, and in clumps or rows, as most desirable to beau¬ 
tify and relieve the ground. 
Roswell House. Fig. 42. 
Seat of Roswell L. Colt, Esq., Paterson, N. J. 
Mansion. —This is erected on the hill rising 65 feet 
ibove the town. It is 68 feet 8 inches square, two 
Tories high, and is built of handsome brown free¬ 
stone, nearly resembling the celebrated Portland stone 
:>f England. It is taken from the Paterson quarries, 
m the immediate neighborhood, and is the same as 
that used in building the new Trinity Church of this 
:ity, Facing the south, and attached to the house, is 
a conservatory, with a double span roof, 60 feet long, 
37 wide, and 12 high. Adjoining this, at the end, 
sa hot-house 27 feet long, 37 wide, and 30 high. 
Thes-j are well filled with a choice collection of plants, 
md are kept in excellent order. A little aviary of 
rare birds stands at the left, as the conservatory is 
entered from the centre drawing-room, and a few sta¬ 
tues grace the walks around. 
The architecture of the house is very handsome, 
as will be seen from the sketch above. It has a 
portico in front, supported by pillars of the Corinthian 
order, and a piazza on three sides. The rooi is lour 
square, with a double pitch, and eaves jutting three 
feet over the walls in the Italian style. This pre¬ 
serves the Walls from dampness even if not furrowed 
out. The inferior is highly commodious and beauti¬ 
fully finished. We subjoin a plan of the first story. 
Fig. 43. 
Explanation. — a. Portico, as seen in front, Fig. 
42. On each side of this are niches in the walls for 
statues. Within the portico, at the right and left of 
the front door, stand the two famous statues of 
Tam O’Shanter and Souter Johnny, by the celebrated 
Scotch artist, Thom. They are admirably done, and 
Mr. Colt tells some amusing anecdotes of their being 
occasionally taken in the evening for living personages, 
by transient visitants. 
b, b, b. Piazza on the east, west, and north sides. 
c, c, c. East rooms or parlors, 25 feet by 20, with 
folding doois opening into each other, thus forming 
