I like this all through; there is a continuity and character in the design that is pleasing to the eye, depicting comfort and taste, with no straining or intermingling of orders. The only objection I should make were I building, would be that there is too little ground covered, an objection easily remedied, as the style will readily admit of more expanse. Of the many good designs published in the Horticulturist, this certainly is one of the best.

This design was made for erection in Rutherfurd Park, N. J., and is a good example of a compact, convenient, and economical country house with good commodious rooms, well connected, and easily heated and ventilated. The basement contains besides the necessary cellar and coal requisites, a fine billiard-room; and as a solid substantial foundation is thus secured, it is perhaps the best part of the house for such a purpose, occupying room not needed otherwise, and not objectionable to the most fastidious. The parlor and dining-room connect with each other, and each has independent communication with a spacious hall or vestibule, and this latter it is proposed to fit up in an imposing manner. The stairway is of easy rise and tread, with rail and newel of attractive proportions; the ceilings to be groined, walls paneled, etc.; the full arrangement of bedrooms, closets, etc., is easily seen from the plans; no space is lost - all room is made available.

The construction of the house is of wood, balloon frame, diagonally boarded outside with unworked plank, then covered with roofing felt, and weather boarded with narrow lap-siding. The work throughout to be well done, finish substantial and plain, walls hard finish, tin roof, etc.

The location of this house is such that every room commands extensive river, mountain, and inland views, and from the upper tower room is seen the whole valley of the Lower Passaic, with its fruitful farms and princely country seats, and the distant spires of its two flourishing cities, Paterson and Newark.

Rutherfurd Park is a magnificent estate of upward of 300 acres of handsome rolling land, superbly wooded and watered, and rising from the river bank to an elevation of upward of 100 feet above tide water. It lies three quarters of a mile from the Boiling Spring Depot, Erie Railway, and is reached by a broad and magnifi-, cent boulevard running through the entire property. An expenditure of $10,000 makes this one of the finest drives in the country. As a home for New York business men who enjoy country life; who wish to reside within a moderate distance of their business and reach it with absolute certainty from daylight to midnight; who can not afford either the time, the expense, or the annoyance of living above Thirty-eighth Street; who prefer to ride in broad-guage palaces instead of filthy horse cars, Rutherfurd Park and its surroundings present attractions of the most decided and fascinating character.

Annual flower seeds may be sown after the middle of this month. Make the soil rich and finely pulverized with the spade and rake. Smooth the surface, and cover the seed by sowing over it a little clean sand. If dry weather, lay a board over it for a day or two, or until the seeds are pushing up, then place the board so as to screen from sun at noonday, until the plants get an inch or more out of ground.

Annuals that have been started in the frames should now be planted out. Open the frames for a day or two before taking the plants out, to harden them, and when setting, protect them for a day or two against cold winds.

Look out for weeds all this month; they grow in a night, and require constant care and labor to keep down.