Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . artificial and populous city,only a couple of miles distant, to itsquiet, secluded shades, full of wild-ness, only sufficiently subdued by . > J J [Fig. 80.] art to heighten its natural beauty. The principal difficulty in skilfully treating a residence likethis, to be formed on an entirely new surface, covered withwood, lies in thinning out and opening the wood judiciously—in seizing on the finer portions to be left, and selecting such asmay, with grea
Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . artificial and populous city,only a couple of miles distant, to itsquiet, secluded shades, full of wild-ness, only sufficiently subdued by . > J J [Fig. 80.] art to heighten its natural beauty. The principal difficulty in skilfully treating a residence likethis, to be formed on an entirely new surface, covered withwood, lies in thinning out and opening the wood judiciously—in seizing on the finer portions to be left, and selecting such asmay, with greatest advantage, be cleared away. It must beborne in mind, as we have previously urged, that few singletrees can be left, but that the thinning must be done by openingglades boldly k, and leaving the trees in groups, masses, thick-ets, and groves. Trimming up the trees, beyond what is abso-lutely necessary in removing dead branches, should never beattempted, but unsightly underwood should be removed, exceptin distant parts, where it is desired to retain the wild and pictu-resque character of the place for the sake of contrasting with. 172 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. the more dressed air immediately around the house. In short,the natural expression of a place like this must be thoroughlystudied before making any improvements; as otherwise, thelatter will, instead of heightening and developing its originalcharm, only weaken and render it incongruous and unsatisfac-tory. ADDENDA. Cements for the exterior of buildings.—In the description ofthe preceding designs, we have frequently recommended brickand cement as a mode of construction highly suitable for cot-tages. Houses built in this manner, will be found much dryerand warmer in winter, and much cooler in summer, than thosebuilt of wood; and the greater solidity and durability of suchdwellings, as well as their superior architectural expression,will always render them preferable to dwellings built of soperishable a material as timber*
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