Woodward, George E. (George Evertson), 1829-1905, Woodward, Francis W · New York : Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward, 37 Park Row, Office of the Horticulturist · leaf 123
mpressiveness and dura-bility. No paint is required to preserve it from the 118 WOODWARD S COUNTRY HOMES. weather, and no color is so good as the color of thestone; time softens its tints, and the clambering vinethat lays hold of the massive walls is a decorationbeyond the resources of… … Fig. 79.—Second Floor. often in our power to give it a certain nobility bybuilding it of massy stones, or, at all events, intro-ducing such into its make. Thus it is impossiblethat there should ever be majesty in a cottage built ofbrick; but there is a marked element of sublimity inthe rude and…
Architecture, Domestic
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