The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . the furnace are wellin their places. As Americans, we musthave them, and we confess that they areoften extremely convenient and useful, butthey should not monopolize every room. Ifwe value the health which good air, cheer-fulness, and abundant ventilation are sureto give us and our children, in one apart-ment at least let us keep up a bright fireon the hearth. Chestnut Hill, Dec, 1865. 36 Tlie Horticulturist. REMODELING OLD BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. BY GEO. E. WOODWARD, AUTHOR OF WOODWARD S COUNTRY HOMES. The farm we own and occupy con
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . the furnace are wellin their places. As Americans, we musthave them, and we confess that they areoften extremely convenient and useful, butthey should not monopolize every room. Ifwe value the health which good air, cheer-fulness, and abundant ventilation are sureto give us and our children, in one apart-ment at least let us keep up a bright fireon the hearth. Chestnut Hill, Dec, 1865. 36 Tlie Horticulturist. REMODELING OLD BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. BY GEO. E. WOODWARD, AUTHOR OF WOODWARD S COUNTRY HOMES. The farm we own and occupy consists of and the balance is devoted to ornamental twenty-four acres of handsome upland, ly-ing upon the great broad guage Erie Rail-way, ten miles from the business centre ofthe commercial Metropolis. Twenty-twoacres are in grass for pasturage and hay, grounds and garden. We show, in Fig. G, theplan of two acres about the house at timeof purchase, which by a former owner hadbeen fenced into seven different enclosures,in accordance with the prevailing Pio. G.—Original PUiii of Two Acres. 1 r The house is quite close to the road, whichis some six or eight feet lower than thegrounds. This we propose to treat in such a way by planting as to make the existenceof the road unnoticeable to one sitting onthe verandah, except, perhaps, by the rattle
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