We offer the readers of the Horticulturist this month another design for a rural dwelling.

It is smaller and less expensive than those we have before presented, and on this account we are confident that it will meet the wants of a larger class of people.

It is designed to be built of wood, and covered with plank put on in the vertical manner, and battened. The roof is to be covered with cedar shingles; part of them pointed at the lower end, and laid on in the lozenge or diamond pattern, and the rest put on in the usual manner.

The exterior is somewhat ornamental in its character, and great care should be taken in building, that the trimmings have a solid, substantial appearance, the verge boards more particularly. For a cottage of this size, the plank from which they are cut should never be less than two inches in thickness, but oftentimes thicker than that. The bay window and verge boards form the prominent features of the front, while the entrance door is shielded by a veranda eight feet wide, supported on heavy posts and guarded by a balustrade. The upper panel of the front door is glazed, to admit light into the hall. This hall is 6 1/2 feet wide and 13 feet long - contains a flight of stairs to the second story, the only chamber flight in the house - and opens into the several rooms. The parlor is 14 feet by 15 feet 8 inches, and is lighted by the bay window in front, and two single windows on the sides. It also contains a closet on in the side of the chimney breast.

The bed-room is 9 feet by 14, and is furnished with a large clothes-press; a flue runs from the room through this closet into the chimney.

The kitchen measures 13 feet by 14 feet 6 inches, and opens into the pantry, which has on the left side a pump and sink, with a closet underneath, and is fitted up with shelves for stores; it opens out upon a platform, from which steps descend to the yard. Under this platform is an entrance to the basement, which may contain a cellar kitchen with oven and boiler, closets, store-rooms, and fuel-rooms.

On the second floor are three good-sized chambers, well lighted, and supplied with closets.

The height of the first story is 10 feet 6 inches, and that of the second is 4 feet at the eaves and 10 feet in the centre of the rooms.

This cottage could be built for about $1500.

[The reader will not have failed to observe, in all Mr. Harney's designs, a most economical and convenient arrangement of the interior; and this, in our opinion, constitutes the chief excellence of a dwelling; for however desirable may be a certain degree of exterior ornamentation and pictur-esqueness, the comfort and economy of the household depend so much upon the interior arrangement, as to be entitled to the first consideration in the estimation of all. Mr. Harney will presently furnish designs for outbuildings, rustic work, etc, in which we have no doubt he will be equally happy. - Ed]