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THE CULTIVATOR. 
COTTAGE RESIDENCE, 
Now erecting for Dr. John A. Lockwood, U. S. N., near New-Castle, Del., looking from the Northwest . 
Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker —I herewith send you 
the plans of a Cottage Residence now erectingnear New 
Castle, Delaware, for Dr. John A. Lockwood, U. S. N. 
The building is of brick; to be stuccoed and colored in 
imitation of stone. The whole area under the princi¬ 
pal building is cellar room. The building is 28 by 32 
feet, and the wing 16 by 19 feet. On theeastside look¬ 
ing toward the Delaware, is a veranda the whole length 
of house, (32 feet,) and on the west, or entrance front, 
a porch 8 by 10 feet. The lloors of veranda and porch 
are of stone. 
River Front. 
"Entrance Front.—Plan of Principal Floor. — {Fig. 4.) 
H. Cloak and Umbrella Closet 
I. Wing Entry. 
J. Door to Cellar. 
K. Kitchen Door. 
L. Servant’s Stairs. 
M. Veranda. 
N. Porch. 
A. Drawing Room, 20 by 16. 
B. Dining Room, 13 by 16. 
C. Library, 13 by 11. 
2). Vestibule, 18 by 11. 
E. Kitchen, 15 by 16. 
F. China Closet. 
G. Kitchen Pantry. 
By referring to plan of principal floor, it will be 
leen that the casement windows, opening upon veranda 
iQrom without, have the appearance of double windows, 
whereas nothing but single casement windows are seen. 
This was done for two reasons; first, that the river front 
might present an open and inviting appearance, (the real 
and false windows all having Venetian blinds,) and se¬ 
condly, that the real windows might be in their proper 
places in reference to the Drawing and Dining Rooms. 
The same device is resorted to in the Library, (C.) 
while a real double window is seen in the end of the 
Drawingroom, (A.) This must answer as a cheap sub¬ 
stitute for a bay window, which would have been desi¬ 
rable on some accounts. Many would also prefer fold¬ 
ing doors between drawing and dining rooms, but in 
this instance they were not desired. 
Chamber Floor. — {Fig. 5.) 
The contracts are all made, and the building is now 
in progress of erection, the cost being a trifle over 
$ 2 , 000 . 
My intention has been to design a cottage that should 
be economical in its cost, and yet of a character that 
would harmonize with that beautiful rural district—its 
undulating bosom, its ancient and luxuriating thorn 
hedges, with an occasional ee brave old oak,” or ver¬ 
dant grove of fruit or forest trees, and the whole skirted 
on the east and south by the broad waters of the Dela¬ 
ware. I trust I shall not be chargeable with the crime 
of having done any thing to mar the fair face of that 
beautiful landscape. Yours with esteem, 
Newburgh, Sept. 23, 1843. T. M. Niven. 
TOBACCO CULTURE—INFORMATION WANTED 
We shall be glad to receive a reply to the following 
inquiries, from some one familiar with the cultivation 
of Tobacco: 
Editors of ti-ie Cultivator —Will you, or some of 
your southern correspondents, give through your valu¬ 
able paper, some information relative to the culture of 
Tobacco, in the latitude of New-York. What kind of 
soil—time of planting—manner of curing—value in 
market, and where can seed be procured? 
Yonkers, Dec. 1, 1843. H. S. 
The U. S. Senate has a superb Brussels carpet made in 
Germantown, near Philadelphia, of superior texture and 
rich colors. Scarlet ground with yellow stars. The new 
President’s room has another splendid carpet made in 
Thompsontown. An extensive manufactory of Brussels 
carpeting and rugs is carried on in the Sing Sing prison. 
By a measurement lately made by one skilled in curi¬ 
osities, it is found that the silk worm’s thread is so fine 
that one drachm of it will extend a distance of one hun • 
dred and eighty-five miles and ninety-two feet, while the 
same weight of a common grass spider’s thread will reach 
two hundred and twelve miles and seventy-four feet. 
