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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
A Double Cottage, Costing $2,500. 
The plans shown in figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, are for 
a double cottage suited to villagers aDd small farm¬ 
ers. It provides five fair-sized rooms on separate 
floors, and ample cellars for two families, each with 
front and rear entrances. The extreme outside 
measurements are twenty-eight by forty-three feet. 
A plot of ground fifty feet in 
width, and of the usual depth, 
would be of sufficient size, 
placing the building in the mid¬ 
dle, and leaving a space of 
eleven feet on each side. The 
balance of the ground may be 
equally divided for the separate 
use of each family occupying 
the house_ Exterior (fig. 
1).—The front elevation . indi¬ 
cates the character of the build¬ 
ing. The separate porches,win¬ 
dows, and other parts are sym¬ 
metrically arranged, and give a 
pleasing effect, which is sus¬ 
tained on the sides and rear. 
The foundation is four feet 
above ground, giving the build¬ 
ing a desirable altitude for ap¬ 
pearance, and affording oppor¬ 
tunity for good-sized cellar win¬ 
dows for light and ventilation. 
_ r I'lie Cellar (fig. 2) ex¬ 
tends under the entire building, 
and is equally divided by a close 
partition, extending from front 
to rear. Each half has four 
windows, an outside entrance, 
and stairway. Hight of ceiling is six and a half 
feet — First Story (fig. 3).—The hight of 
ceiling is nine feet. The front and rear entrances 
are on the left side, one leading to the front vesti¬ 
bule, and the other to the rear entry. The parlor 
and living room are of good dimensions, well 
lighted, and are entered directly from the front 
vestibule. There are three bedrooms, four closets, 
and a flight of stairs to the cellar. There is no 
communication with the entrances or stairways of 
the second story ...Second Story (fig. 4).— 
The hight of ceiling is nine feet. The entrances 
are on the right side, and similar to those on the 
opposite side for the first story. The vestibule and 
rear entry are enlarged, to contain the necessary 
front and rear stairs leading to the second story 
and cellar. The arrangement of the rooms on this 
floor is the same as in the first story_ Con¬ 
struction. —The cellar excavations are two 
and a half feet. The foundation avails are of hard 
brick and mortar, eight inches thick. The frame 
is of seasoned spruce ; siding for the first story is 
of beveled pine clapboards, laid four-fifths, to 
show on heavy, rosin-sized sheathing felt. The 
second story has red wood shingles laid on sheath¬ 
ing, one-third to show. The roofs are of eighteen- 
inch pine shingles, laid on spruce shingling-latl). 
Outside floors are of one and one-eiglitli by four- 
inch T & G pine, close-laid in paint, and blind- 
nailed. Inside floors are of one and one-eighth by 
seven-inch T & G spruce, close-laid and double- 
nailed to each bearing. The interior finish is pine ; 
jambs rabbeted of plank ; architraves three-quarter 
by five-inch reeded, with base and corner blocks. 
The base in all parts is eight inches wide. The 
window finish, with panels, extends to the floor. 
All sashes are one and three-eighth-inch thick, 
glazed as indicated on the elevation, with second 
French glass, and hung to balance weights. The 
doors are of pine, panelled and molded ; saddles 
of hard-wood, molded. The interior walls are 
hard-finished on two coats of brown mortar, and 
seasoned lath. All work usually painted has two 
coats of pure lead and linseed oil, with the addi¬ 
tion of such stainers as will produce the desired 
shades. A sink and pump, with the necessaiy 
pipes for supply and waste water, are provided, 
and set in each story. The closets are shelved and 
hooked in the usual manner. All wood-work ex¬ 
posed is clear qf knots, and the labor is performed 
in a substantial manner. 
Estimate.—Cost of Materials and Tabor. 
77 yards Excavation, @ 25c. $ yd.. $19.25 
12,000 Brick in Foundation (complete>, @ $15 p M.. 180.00 
4,000 Brick in Chimneys (Complete, @ $15 M. 00.00 
60 feet Blue Stone. Steps and Coping, @ 30c. ft. 18.00 
850yards Plastering (complete),® 30c. ¥* yd . 255.00 
116 Stucco Cornices (complete), @ 25c. f) ft. 29.00 
3,400 feet Timber, @ $20 M. 68.00 
175 Joist Studding and Rafters, @ 16c. each. 28.00 
200 Wall Strips, Studding, and Ceiling, @ 11c.each. 22.00 
620 Clapboards, @ 16c. each. 99.20 
275 yards Felt, @ 8c. 3? yard. 22.00 
116 feet Cornices (complete), @ 20c. ^ ft. 23.20 
270 Shingling Lath, @ 6c. each. 16.20 
50 bunches Shingles, @ $1.50 $ bunch. 75.00 
200 feet Tin, 128 feet Gutter and Leaders 
(complete), @ 10c. $ ft. . 32.80 
2,450 feet Flooring, Inside,@3e.@ ft. 73.50 
108 feet Flooring, Outside, ® 4c. v* ft. 4.32 
4 Porches and Stoops (complete), @ $30 each... 120.00 
4 Flights Stairs (complete). 100.00 
8 Cellar Windows (complete), @ $4 each... . 32.00 
17 Windows (complete), @ $10 each. 170.00 
4 Circular Windows (complete),® $3 each. 12.00 
31 Doors (complete), at $8 each. 248.00 
4Mantels (complete), @$20 each. 80.00 
2 Sinks and Pumps (complete), @ $25 each. 50.00 
7 Closet finish (complete). 27.00 
5 kegs Nails, @ $4 keg. 20 00 
Cartage. 25.00 
Painting (complete). 200.00 
Carpenter’s labor (not included above). 250.00 
Incidentals. 140.53 
Total cost.$2,500.00 
Peach Trees from the Seed. 
“G. S. N.,” Allegheny Co., Pa., is in a con¬ 
troversy with some of his neighbors. It is claimed 
that seeds from a seedling peach tree will always 
produce the same kind of fruit as the parent tree, 
while seeds from a budded tree will not yield 
the same fruit, and the question is referred to us. 
The fact of budding has nothing to do with the 
case, other than this : only the finest kinds of 
peaches are budded, and as these are as far as pos¬ 
sible removed from the natural state of the peach, 
it is likely that their seedlings may not produce 
fruit equal to the parent. It is well known that 
some varieties are reproduced with great fidelity 
from the seed. The “Columbia,” for example, 
has yielded a number of seedlings, which are not 
to be distinguished from the parent. As a rule, 
the poorer the peach, the nearer it is toils original 
form, the more likely it is to reproduce itself. If 
a poor kind of peach were budded, the seeds from 
it would reproduce the same kind. Budding does 
not affect the case in any manner. The seed of an 
