Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . We may mention, as peculiarly adapted to such sites, theChinese Magnolias {3f. conspiciia and 3£ soulanffiana),very hardy and beautiful ; the Weeping Ash, WeepingBeecli, Purple Beech, and Wee2:)ing Silver Lime, all strik-ing in habit and foliage; the Ash-leaved Maple or Negun-do, for its lively green foliage; the Virgilia, of Kentucky, COTTAGE KESIDENCES. oi) ^\•itll PBOwy white blossoms; tlie Virginia Fringe tree, evergreens, to plant there singly, we may enumerate th
Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . We may mention, as peculiarly adapted to such sites, theChinese Magnolias {3f. conspiciia and 3£ soulanffiana),very hardy and beautiful ; the Weeping Ash, WeepingBeecli, Purple Beech, and Wee2:)ing Silver Lime, all strik-ing in habit and foliage; the Ash-leaved Maple or Negun-do, for its lively green foliage; the Virgilia, of Kentucky, COTTAGE KESIDENCES. oi) ^\•itll PBOwy white blossoms; tlie Virginia Fringe tree, evergreens, to plant there singly, we may enumerate theDeorlar Cedar, tlie Norway Spruce, the Ilimmalaya Spmce,the Irish Yew and the Silver Fir. A lawn and flower gar- Fig. Fig us. 2uG COTTAGE RESIDENCES. * den combiued and planted iu tliis way, would have a taste-ful and beautiful effect in any situation, or in connectionwith a residence in any style. To \vaive the subject of flower gardens, and consideragain the whole grounds of the residence, let us examinefor a moment some clever plans for cottage and suburbanresidences by French landscape gardeners. Figs. 148 and 149 are examples of the mode of layingout two small places, where the boundaries are very irregu-lar. In Fig. 148, A is the entrance gate; b, the house; c,the stable; d, the lawn. At the further end of the lawn isa semicircular paiterre, l^acked by vases of terra-cotta, filledwith scarlet geraniums, lobelia gracilis and other delicateclimbers Behind this is a semiciicular arbor, f, coveredAvitli vines, and affording a shady walk. In Fig. 149, which contains half an acre, a is the dwell-ing, directly on the right of which is a fanciful flower l:)edor parterre. This is l:)acked by a thicket o
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