. Art out-of-doors : hints on good taste in gardening. Gardening. VI. OTHING is more characteristic of American country-houses, as contrasted with those of other northern lands, than their large covered piazzas. These have been devel- oped in answer to as distinct and imperative a national need as ever determined the gene- sis of an architectural feature. Our colonial ancestors did without piazzas, for their hab- its of living and their architectural schemes were alike imported from England and Hol- land ; and amid a strenuous people, occupied with sterner problems than how to live most agreea
. Art out-of-doors : hints on good taste in gardening. Gardening. VI. OTHING is more characteristic of American country-houses, as contrasted with those of other northern lands, than their large covered piazzas. These have been devel- oped in answer to as distinct and imperative a national need as ever determined the gene- sis of an architectural feature. Our colonial ancestors did without piazzas, for their hab- its of living and their architectural schemes were alike imported from England and Hol- land ; and amid a strenuous people, occupied with sterner problems than how to live most agreeably, it was naturally some time before that gradual modification of habits which is inevitably brought about at last by new cli- matic influences could express itself in archi- tectural language. No early colonial house had anything that resembled a piazza. If we find one attached to such a house to-day, it is an addition of later date—as is the case 123. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs. , 1851-1934; Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944, binding designer; Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress) DLC. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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