Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . ighly suital)le for a handsomevilla residence in the country, of a moderate size, com-prising from eighty to one hundred and fifty acres of laige portion of this would be kept under culture, andAvould serve to give employment to the projjrietor in hischaracter of an amateur farmer. Near the house ten ortwenty acres may l)e devoted to lawn, all of which mayIte kept mown; that nearest the house being of coursemore neatly and more frequently cli])])ed by the scythe, toaccoid w
Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . ighly suital)le for a handsomevilla residence in the country, of a moderate size, com-prising from eighty to one hundred and fifty acres of laige portion of this would be kept under culture, andAvould serve to give employment to the projjrietor in hischaracter of an amateur farmer. Near the house ten ortwenty acres may l)e devoted to lawn, all of which mayIte kept mown; that nearest the house being of coursemore neatly and more frequently cli])])ed by the scythe, toaccoid with the air of elegance and polish always to beobserved in the precincts of a handsome dwelling. In the jjlan here given. Fig. 70, we have attempted toconvey an idea of the arrangement of tliat portion of thegrounds directly about the house, as our previous exampleshave probably given sufficient hints to the management ofthe more distant and extended portions, including theapproach. The trees introduced in this design should bechiefly those of laige, finely rounded heads, and graceful COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 14G*. ^^ IRg. 701 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 147 sweeping brandies, and they should be grouped in such amanner as to allow them to develop themselves in theirutmost beauty of form on every side. The dwelling a, we have placed on a little table of landdescending gently on every side, and about one hundredand twenty feet distant from the shore of a pretty littlenatural lake on the left. The approach leading from thepul_)lic road through the demesne to the house is shovvTi, inpart, at b / a gravelled sweep for carriages, c, is formedin front of the arcade, and the road d, leading to thestable and farm buildings, branches of£ at the right of thehouse. The most important feature in this plan which \vq shallendeavor to describe here, is the architectural flower-garden ^, which will be seen occupying a considerablespace on the left of the house. The terrace /, the beautyand utility of which
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