THE SMALL PLACE 



grouped around it, suggested the name of "Thorn- 

 ledge." 



The house stands very near the street boundary 

 which is an advantage as it allows an uninter- 

 rupted use of the grounds. On a small property 

 this fact is particularly worthy of note. There 

 would have been no advantage in setting the 

 house back from the village street, which has no 

 traffic, while it was very desirable to get a big ex- 

 panse of lawn as a foreground for the inlet view. 

 As this is on the southern side of the house it was 

 important, too, to place the main rooms upon it. 

 This seems the most logical development, a natural 

 solution, the only one in fact, yet you will find that 

 very few people take such important .matters into 

 consideration in house building. This same care 

 is shown in placing the house parallel to the stream 

 at the foot of the property and caused its unusual 

 angle to the street which is not noticeable at all 

 because of the ingenious arrangement of the en- 

 trance with the inset of the gate on the diagonal. 

 Inside the gate, the shrubbery, the curve of the 

 brick walk, and the tangle of Thorns hide the 

 front door. The Carmine Pillar Roses and Clema- 

 tis on the gate arch, the Rhododendrons along the 

 house wall, the Laurels around the front porch, 



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