PROBLEM VIII 



AN INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT OF A SMALL PROPERTY, 



BY HAROLD A. CAPARN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, 



NEW YORK CITY 



This property is located at Larchmont, N. Y. Its dimen- 

 sions are 150 x 200 feet 



THIS oblong piece of land, less than an acre, 

 lies between the street and a picturesque 

 inlet of Long Island Sound. An outcrop of rock 

 formed the highest part of the ground, which sloped 

 first gently, then with an abrupt dip toward the 

 water. A few old Apple trees were dotted along 

 its outlines, old overgrown and intergrown Thorns 

 were scattered about in big groups. Such were 

 the existing conditions. 



The house is located on a rocky ledge. The 

 stone of the cellar excavation was used for the 

 building of the first story. The ledge as an 

 integral part of the house, together with the 

 Thorns which are by merest chance so picturesquely 



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