The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . alone, butamong the wealthy rural gentlemen whoexpend large sums in the improvement oftheir country houses. We commend this subject earnestly tothe study of our intelligent readers, and 356 The Horticulturist. beg those who can aiford to do so to set anexample of a more intelligent and reasona-ble practice in this regard. What we have written of the apple-treeand the orchard is equally applicable to thepear, and in fact to all other fruit trees. We hare heard enthusiastic rural personsspeak of their interest in the trees theyhad pla
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . alone, butamong the wealthy rural gentlemen whoexpend large sums in the improvement oftheir country houses. We commend this subject earnestly tothe study of our intelligent readers, and 356 The Horticulturist. beg those who can aiford to do so to set anexample of a more intelligent and reasona-ble practice in this regard. What we have written of the apple-treeand the orchard is equally applicable to thepear, and in fact to all other fruit trees. We hare heard enthusiastic rural personsspeak of their interest in the trees theyhad planted about their estates, and which had grown up around them to adorn theirgrounds, and give shade and shelter, andpleasure to the eye, as akin to that of pa-rents in their offspring, calling them mychildren. To all such, then, who plantorchards, we would say, treat and trainthem with the same zealous care you be-stow upon your children, looking for a goodreturn and a golden harvest. DESIGNS IN EURAL ARCHITECTURE-No. 19. BY G. E. HARNEY, COLD SPRING, N. 137.—A Simjjle Rustic Cottage This design represents a simple rusticcottage, for a family of small means. It isbuilt of wood, filled in with soft brick onedge—and covered in the vertical and bat-tened manner, with rough boards and heavybattens—care being taken in laying theboards on, that the splinters of the woodmade by the saw in sawing from the logpoint downwards instead of upwards, toshade the water more efiectually. The roof is covered with shingles, and the projectionsof the gables, which are quite heavy, arerelieved by ornamental verge boards sawnfrom heavy plank. The windows have allbold trimmings, and those on the lowerstory are protected by broad hoods, andglazed with diamond shaped glass. Theverandah, or front stoop, is made with cedarposts and trimmings, but has a plank floorand a tight roof. The chimneys represented Grapes in Kansas. 357 are terra cotta chimney tops of large size,resting upon a blue stone
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